Ok, so the Emperor said he wanted peace… so… *shrugs shoulders* and? He destroyed an entire planet!!! If that’s not evil I don’t know what is. And YES I would totally agree. By definition George Bush is evil! However, he’s also an idiot, and so you have to forgive him for some of his evilness. Of course, he’s not as evil as the Emperor, nowhere near, and like I said, evil is relative. In fact all leaders that go to war have to be somewhat evil. I think what we are really arguing about here is the definition of evil and not whether the Dark Side is evil.
Using my definition of evil, the one I found in the Collins English Dictionary (possibly laughable, I'm not sure of its reputation), evil does not mean killing for the sake of killing, but simply causing harm/ suffering… blah..blah… blah. As a result, just because you kill people to achieve a goal, doesn’t mean its not evil. Using that thought process, I could murder you to prevent you further arguing against my views and thus bringing peace to this thread, but the act of murdering you would still be evil. Even though I'm doing it to achieve a goal, (in my mind even a noble goal of bringing peace) its still an "evil" act.
I agree that yes both sides are evil, as both used violence to achieve their goals. However, like I said, evil is relative and if you look at all the facts the Light Side is clearly less evil than the Dark Side.
Yeah, history is definitely written by the victors too. When someone wins they get to tell their side of the story and make their opponent seem more evil then them, when in fact both sides are usually equally guilty and evil. This would be true in the case of Star Wars except that its a story and is written to favour the Light Side. Ok I confess I haven't read the books, but judging by the films (and I'm guessing they at least vaguely resemble the books) the Light Side is definitely favoured as the less evil side.
Yeap the Light Side certainly does evil things to achieve its goals, but “avoiding emotion” gives them a much clearer perspective then someone who is strongly influenced by his emotions of anger and hate like the Emperor. Surely you must agree with me there at least? The Light Side of the force is relatively speaking good compared to the Dark Side. Therefore the Dark Side is relatively speaking more evil.
I apologise, seems I’ve let my selfish desires for posting power take over my emotional suppressing philosophy once again. But the hermit, TV-watching life style can get boring at times and debating random nonsense is a nice cheap form of excitement.
Is terrible really. No doubt I’ll be banned sooner or later. Probably sooner judging from this crap.