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I think that evil in many of its forms is strongly linked to cruelty, which is a desire to hurt others or cause them suffering for the sake of pleasure. Evil can be seen in the young person who smiles as they crush bugs or shoot pellet guns at cats.
Contrary to what most people believe, I don't feel that evil is necessarily an all-consuming sort of thing. A person most certainly can be completely evil, but I think that for the most part, evil manifests itself in smaller, more numerous, less noticed ways. Pushing forcefully past someone who has annoyed you on the bus. Zooming around and cutting off the person you've been waiting behind in traffic. Small things that bring you satisfaction in showing your displeasure, in inconveniencing someone as they've inconvenienced you. Little evils.
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