Do you believe that people can be so evil?

@ronaldinu (12422)
Malta
February 25, 2010 4:03pm CST
I have watched a documentary called Deadly Women. It's about women killers. In this episode a nurse put the babies and young toddlers life at risk, just to sound the alarm and she can be hailed as hero by the children's parents. Another women who killed her husband with cyanide in his pills. Do you believe that people can be so evil?
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@arunmails (3011)
• India
26 Feb 10
may be some peoples are there in the world to be that much cruel.. but, they might be transformed like that by an incident.. no people are bad until they do bad...
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
sometimes i wonder if an evil person is born evil or becomes one! What do you think?
@arunmails (3011)
• India
4 Mar 10
Evil persons are made... not born...
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
25 Feb 10
I watched this show too. Did you see the one where they cut up the girls body and put it in their fridge? Creepy! I don't know why people act like this. I think they must have had bad childhoods or been abused by someone or have a chemical imbalance. I think there's got too be something wrong with them. Otherwise, they wouldn't do this. It's not normal human behavior. I don't understand it, and I'm glad I don't have to struggle with overcoming it. I get mad sometimes but that's as far as it goes. I only hit someone twice in my life. Four times if you count using my chair to hit people. But, all those people deserved it, and it's not like I cut them up.
@littleowl (7157)
25 Feb 10
Hi cripfemme I tend to agree with you about the reasons you have given for the inhuman behaviour..often times it lays within something the person concerned doing these evil acts that something has happened to them to make them so evil..LoLo
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
Hi cripfemme I partially agree with you. Most of us might have had bad childhood but not everybody ends up killing other people!
• Canada
26 Feb 10
Of course I believe it, because in the examples you stated above, and in many others, it's been proven that people actually CAN be that evil. As for the woman who made the children sick, that condition is called Munchausen syndrome by proxy (sp?) Munchausen syndrome is when people do it to themselves to gain attention, but by proxy is when they do it to others to gain attention.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
Yes its called Munchausen syndrome by proxy exactly. The documentary showed cases that illustrate this syndrome.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 10
Sadly, I do believe it. There are too many documented cases of people doing evil things for me not to...
@zoey7879 (3092)
• United States
25 Feb 10
I couldn't agree more.
• United States
25 Feb 10
Smh...yes this is actually happening! People are seriously losing it. Not identifying with the real problems in their lives is something that should be addressed! I mean who really stands up and says " I need some serious help" All we can do is pray FOR ALL EVIL!
@Chevee (5905)
• United States
26 Feb 10
Yes I believe people can be evil. I look at the news everyday and there is so much evil going on that it scares me. Children being molested, people being murdered. And the sad thing about it these crimes are being committed and the criminal feels as though their lives is suppose to go on as usual. Yes, people are very evil.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
26 Feb 10
That's so true.. the number of pedophiles are rising; it's just so scary..
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
People can be so evil. Even not by killing others. They pretend to befriend you and steal all that you have. I hope that God will bring justice to the victims.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
29 Mar 10
Yes I do believe that people can be so evil. You have not specified the wrongdoings of your so called friends. It seems that you are speaking out from personal experiences. I am sorry if you had to pass from such experiences. People can steal you from your personal possessions but they can steal you from your own dignity and mental stability. They can spread rumours about you or they can steal your husband or your peacefulness. It seems that some people take joy in seeing other suffering.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
26 Feb 10
Hi ronald, Yes, I'm sure these things happen and they are more common than we know. I often wonder what causes people to do such things? We have to remember that only a fraction of such people are caught and brought to justice. It was probably more common a hundred years ago because very few would have been caught back then. It is becoming more and more clear that people that we least expect often commit terrible crimes. I think that it has to stem from experiences in childhood as there are good and bad in everyone. One thing is certain, people who do such things have very unhappy lives, perhaps someday we will be able to find the cause. Blessings.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
Sometimes it is hard to find an explanation why murderers kill or do such horrific action. Psychologist seem always to blame their childhood. But on the other hand there are lot of people that did not have a good childhood and did not end up as murders.
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
2 Mar 10
I believe people can be so evil, and be alot more evil!! haha =D I myself is one evil guy!! haha =D Most humans have some evil thoughts in them, and no matter how well groomed, or well taught we are, we tend to plot something inside our mind, just that we din carry it in actions ^_^ After all, humans only live for themselves.. When the time comes for only one survivor allowed, who will choose to die?? Nobody.. haha =D
• United States
25 Feb 10
Hi, ronaldinu! If this isn't evil incarnate, it's the closest thing!
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
I agree whole heartedly with you!
@littleowl (7157)
25 Feb 10
Hi Ronald, It is good you bring this up about women being so evil as normally all we hear about is the serial men killers, but yes for some reason there are women who can be as evil as you say-looking at it psychologically as most do in the force etc though it is normally something that has happened to the woman in her childhood or teenage ie that has been so traumatic it causes them to kill and that goes for most murderers- men as well LoLo
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
I don't think that evilness distinguish between sexes either!
@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
27 Mar 10
I have seen a lot of television shows that show men and women as heartless evil people that will kill anyone even children without a second thought and it is sad, but I believe people can be that evil since everyone has the ability to be good or bad,and I think those people have embraced the devil,and condemned themselves to the underworld because they sold their souls to the devil,and I wish everyone believe in God,and I know I do stupid things,and I do bad things,and I make mistakes,but I always ask God for forgiveness because I want to join my maker in heaven one day,and I want to be there with my family and my wife.
25 Feb 10
Hi ronaldinu, people these day are very agreesive and they are not scared of the law or anything, this society I think is evil anyway so when people do things they don't think its bad and don't have any guilt for their wrong doings, the goverment shout bring back copral punishment and hanging, something should be done for these evil people. Tamara
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
In my opinion they should be put somwewhere where they cannot harm others. But how can you detect serial murderers when they appear so normal in society?
@silvercoin (2101)
• Lithuania
25 Feb 10
Yes, I do.We have real evidences of it.Sometimes I can't force myself to watch these documentaries.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Mar 10
Yes it really upsets me too. sometimes i do wander why I end up watching them
@freeboy90 (456)
• Italy
25 Feb 10
People who do such things probably are not right in their minds. Or maybe they are really angry for the way they feel thay've been treated. The reasons can be different. The nurse maybe didn't fully realize how dangerous it was for the babies and she was blinded by the need to feel like she was an hero. And the wife maybe was misused,abused verbally, or maybe the husband cheated on her. People (if they are not sick) don't kill or put other people's in danger with no reasons, so I can say some people get mean because they can be brought to be mean, but even then it does not give them the right to be mean to other people.
• Philippines
26 Feb 10
I always believe that people tend to be evil because of certain factors in life. It may be pschological, mental, emotional, social and moral. But I do always believe that in even how rude, cruel that person will be, there is always goodness in them.
@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
26 Feb 10
Horrible, horrible evil woman. Yes, I do believe there are such people in the world. It's frightening to think about it, but we do have to be careful who we entrust with our children.
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
1 Mar 10
Oh, yes! I think it's in human nature to be cruel and evil. Every time people get in a situation where they can't be charged for their deeds the cruelty comes out - look at wars. Atrocities happen during wars that have nothing to do with the actual war, just because people can't be held responsible...
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
28 Feb 10
Yeah, I've watched that show before, too. The woman that killed and butchered her husband was something else. But the one who tortured, starved and killed a young girl in her care, that one was the worst. It's horrible and shocking how evil and sick some people can be.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
27 Feb 10
Yes I do belive people can be evil we see it all the time. Animals kill for food or protection. We (people) kill and torture and distroy and abuse for no reason. We hurt people to gain something for us that is not vital to stay alive to methat is evil.
@wolveren (1586)
• Cebu, Philippines
27 Feb 10
The nurse thing is absolutely ruthless. Someone should put her out of her misery. In the case of the woman who killed her hubby? It could be a long story really. They should dig deeper into that. You know there are cases where women can be provoked into doing anything out of fear and misery. There was once a case of a woman who killed her husband too in our country. The hubby was well known to be a good person. But secretly behind the doors of their house the wife was beaten everytime. Deeper investigation found out about her scars, wounds and other injuries. Which provoked the woman to take some action because she could no longer take the beatings of the madman, her wealthy and good natured husband as known in society. When people found out about it which was too late. They couldn't believe it. No one knows what seeming good people do in the privacy of their homes. That's why sometimes there is more to some story than we already know. You can't judge a person by the mask he wears everyday.
@avani26 (1518)
• India
26 Feb 10
Being evil is a subjective matter. What looks evil to you, might not be so for me. Again, dramatization of any action just to make it look evil should not be our sole criteria of passing a judgement. The exaamples you have quoted do fall in the category of evil actions but I have come across more sinister situations which would look like a child's play (not toddler's play, sic)if you ever come across those situations.