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The bong forest kho and friends

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Extremely wicked and immoral

Harmful or tending to harm

Undesirable

Extremely unpleasant Irrational

Destructive

- Concise Oxford Dictionary of English 11th edition

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Evil is the violation of, or intent to violate, some moralcode. Evil is usually seen as the dualistic opposite ofgood. Definitions of evil vary along with analysis of itsroot motive causes, however general actions commonlyconsidered evil include: conscious and deliberatewrongdoing, discrimination designed to harm others,humiliation of people designed to diminish theirpsychological needs and dignity, destructiveness, andacts of unnecessary and/or indiscriminate violencethat are not legitimate acts of self-defense butaggressive and designed to cause ill-being to others.

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Evil is the violation on natural laws, religious laws andstate laws.

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DO GOOD. Do what is morally right

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Morally right

Virtuous

To be desired or approved of; pleasing

Strictly adhering to the principles of a religion orcause

- Concise Oxford Dictionary of English 11th edition

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Evil triumphs when good men decide to do nothing.

-Edmund Burke