Evil in Middle-Earth

[Wayfarer]

No. No. No.

Again, you miss the point, Haradrim.

Words have meanings. Each word refers to a specific concept. The word Evil, by definition, means a certain class of actions - it is NOT just whatever the majority of people happen to dislike.

You make the grave error of not distinguishing between Fact and Opinion. Whether or not an object fits the definition of evil is a far different question from whether or not people believe it to be evil.

Even if every man, woman, and child on earth sincerely believed that Murder, Rape, and Torture were 'good', and that Compassion and Altruism were 'evil', that doesn't make any difference. Evil is Evil. The only way that you could ever say otherwise is by changing the definition of Evil - which renders the entire thing a moot point since you're now talking about something completely different from what everyone else is.