I'm sorry if what I wrote triggered you, Christina. I certainly didn't want you to feel angered, upset, or any other uncomfortable feeling by reading what I wrote. I understand that a person raping their parent or sibling, or a child, or anything like that seems particularly heinous. It is indeed a terrible thought to think that this can be, and is, a reality far too many times.

It's sometimes rather difficult to express one's view on certain ways of thinking. Definitely one simple statement doesn't cut it. But even when one tries to describe a viewpoint in a million words, it still may not be understandable. Perhaps because it isn't described well enough. Perhaps because we haven't gone down the same paths that allow us to see things from a very different vantage point. Maybe even then we'd see things differently. I would have felt the exact same way I THINK you do about "evil" perhaps even six years ago, but things happened in my life that changed my viewpoint. I described my view on pretty much this subject in a blog post I wrote a long while back. The title may not exactly sound like a discussion about evil. Perhaps ignore the title. I've been considering changing it. I don't know, if anyone is interested in my blog post, it's at Hating is not fair – Bird Flight

A couple people who responded to my blog post just referenced got mad at my viewpoint and expressed total disagreement. I understood. I do believe that even mental conditions like Antisocial Personality Disorder are illnesses. It's in the DSM-5. That can simply be a disorder of the brain because of nature, and/or nurture. A lot of mental issues are sparked by nature and nurture. Hate that leads to bad acts is also sometimes bred by upbringing and education, or being abused yourself. It really is sad!

I also have a cousin who has been in jail a number of times in the past. She has bipolar disorder, too, along with severe addictions, and many other challenges. Her mother left her when she was a little girl. My uncle was not the greatest parent. He just pawned her off on my grandmother, who barely paid attention to her. This cousin was only about 6 or 7 years old when my uncle's good friend started sexually molesting her. It went on for a long time until that man tried to sexually molest her young friend, too, but the young friend told her mother. That molester was jailed. He had even molested his own daughter. My cousin was permanently affected. Her later addictions and perhaps her bipolar disorder itself brought on crimes like stealing, selling and possessing drugs like heroin, and being violent in public. She stole many times from her own family. She had three children and then left them. My uncle, now in his early 70s, has been raising her three kids with his second wife for about 16 years. I guess some people could call my cousin a "horrible person". Well, she certainly has done a lot of really bad things. But I try to understand what brought about all of it. Nature and nurture issues and mental health stuff on top of it.