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Title: A History of Evil
Added: Jan 30, 2008
Author: omaggs2000
Duration: 5:40
Description:
Animated Documentary-Mockumentary about Evil in western civilization from Ancient Greece to present day.After all the comments I feel like some clarification is in order, but firstly, to you guys that liked it: Thanks, you've made my day.The film was intended to show what people have believed in and pointed to as evil throughout history. It was meant to get you to think about what evil really is. It is meant to show that when we get too obsessed with "evil" we might end up taking part in it ourselves. One has to separate evil and human cruelty. Human cruelty is people not being nice to one another. Evil is soemthing else, it is something we have created, a word and a concept for things that are not acceptable. It is a label for things that we do not understand and dont want to understand. But is evil really ever a complete explanation for anything?A lot of bad deeds has been done in the name of good. The people that did them ment good, are they evil?OK, and finally,This video is not meant to:-blame wester culture and people for all the "evil" in the world. I'm european, and thought that I better stick to my own history.-blame religion for all the evil in the world.-claim that God is dead. (It is simply a reference to the philosopher Nietzsche, look him up.)-offend anyone, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.-claim that Elvis was evil.-be an exact and complete account of the actual events that has taken place throughout history.This was a student project, hence the "unfinishedness" and abrupt ending. I ran out of time. I might update it later.It was animated frame by frame in flash and composited and textured in AfterEffects.
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Youtube Comments: 5413
Palafico3 Says:
Feb 13, 2012 - To say something is "evil" is an attempt to overly-simplify things. Evil doesn't exist. It's merely pain. Feelings like anger or grief. They cause us to think irrationally. If you have a full scope of the life of your enemy, who is cruel and bitter, you won't feel hate, you'll feel sympathy. There is a reason behind how we are shaped as people. Events in our lives that morph our personality, and thus our actions. Negative emotions like hate and fear merely signify lack of understanding.
TheSpritzo Says:
Feb 16, 2012 - that was sick!!! vere was more guns knifes in evil and also were was hitler? the evilest person ever
GreenSquishyPoo Says:
Feb 20, 2012 - Every Villain is Lemons
MrMaradok Says:
Feb 23, 2012 - Thats all well and good, but if you wish to dissect "evil" you have to take into ethics, or that which we deem morally "good" and "just." That factor can completely and totally remove the last vestiges of a clear line between "good" and "evil" while at the same time putting each side into sharper focus. What the two definitions state is that we are able to tell the difference between "good" and "evil," even if interpretations are influenced by outside forces like religion or culture.
foodonface Says:
Feb 23, 2012 - @ 4:00, the guy's foot steps are to the beat of the rock song playing before it.
qwer58j Says:
Feb 26, 2012 - Hitler, was a roman catholic.
SamSamProduction Says:
Feb 26, 2012 - 1:07 Monty Python and the Holy Grail scene!
AcidNiNjA1 Says:
Mar 3, 2012 - Evil was invented by Christians & now is an unstoppable meme. \m/ ~HS~ \m/
JosiahSCooper Says:
Mar 16, 2012 - Lack of understanding??? In my case, I'd argue that they signify complete understanding and that "evil" is the only word to use for the target of such emotions.In other cases, you might feel ambivalence, towards things that are generally non-existent in nature. Sympathy or pity are some of the most disgusting emotions, as they further all things that are weak, helpless and miserable, that should otherwise be destroyed.
Palafico3 Says:
Mar 16, 2012 - Unless you understand every aspect and way of the universe then you cannot make that deduction. What you don't understand, you fear. Fear leads to acting out blindly: "evil".
artizr Says:
Mar 19, 2012 - some men arent looking for something they can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
kub73158 Says:
Mar 22, 2012 - Anything evil is just an aberration which cannot and will not last very long.
MidnightTea7 Says:
Mar 24, 2012 - Evil is, basically, in the eye of a beholder. Storms and hurricanes can be considered "evil" if they ruin someone's house, but without hurricanes helping to regulate temperature not just humanity, but whole life on Earth would be pretty much impossible. So you need this 'aberration', that may cause humanity some inconvenience, to survive.
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chrisdoyle11 Says:
Apr 10, 2012 - This is really great. I'm sorry some people found it confusing, or took it up the wrong way. It was really well done. I can't see a single thing that I would change. To me, the message was clear and moved at the perfect pace. Nice work!
down2despair Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - Good is not better than evil it's just more comfortable.
XeroStas Says:
Apr 17, 2012 - I am not lemon >:C
GalileoFigaroNAARG Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - r u saying that rock music is evil?!?
Yora21 Says:
May 3, 2012 - No content, no structure, no purpose...
TheGrahambourn Says:
May 17, 2012 - Are you the "moral compass" on what evil is? Are you suggesting its "evil" to prosper? I dont know you but if I had to make a decision about you based solely on the comment you posted, I would have to say the ignorance is in your court. To claim that making money through banking is evil is just plain stupid. Bet you would sing a different tune if you were making this "evil" money.
yuitaaan45 Says:
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AussiefromleDoubs Says:
May 25, 2012 - That makes..not much sense. You just said "no care(or enjoyment)-evil."Then : "if you make money out of war...probably ignorant and/or greedy"You just contradicted yourself.
Sinclairelim Says:
Feb 6, 2012 - Awsome.