So you agree their behavior is immoral but not that it is "evil"? Isn't this just a matter of degree?
I actually wasn't taking sides on which definition of "evil" to use. I usually try to avoid that word anyway because of its propensity to stir emotion.
It could be a matter of degree. Indeed, wedrifid seems to be using it that way. But JoshuaZ seemed to be interpreting it differently: to mean that the Kerchers didn't in fact sincerely believe that Knox and Sollecito murdered their daughter.
In other words, to wedrifid "evil" describes the act and its potential consequences, but to JoshuaZ it connotes their state of mind. The whole "d...
See: You Be the Jury, The Amanda Knox Test
While we hear about Bayes' Theorem being under threat in some courts, it is nice to savor the occasional moment of rationality prevailing in the justice system, and of mistakes being corrected.
Congratulations to the Italian court system for successfully saying "Oops!"
Things go wrong in this world quite a bit, as we know. Sometimes it's appropriate to just say "hooray!" when they go right.
Discuss, or celebrate.