I disagree, human evil is not always or even mostly associated with death.
It is always associated with lies and the intention to deceive. To exploit and take advantage of, and divert attention away from the perpetrator of the "evil deed".
There's a continuum, of course. Any time a person lies to divert blame from themselves onto another person is "evil". Children do this, like, all the timebut I'm talking about adults who know exactly what they are doing.
A great example of human evil is when Cindy began pointing her finger at Jesse Grund. She KNEW Casey was responsible, she cleaned out the trunk of that car! Yet she was willing to cause unreal harm to an innocent young man to divert the attention away from KC (which diverted the attention away from Cindy).
I think perhaps I am using the term "evil" to characterize a much wider scope of behavior than murder.
As far as denial, I disagree with your application of that word too. I think
the state of "denial" does not precisely mean a person who is 100% oblivious of their responsibility in an act. In psychology, denial means the person KNOWS but puts a ton of mental energy in refusing to know.
So based on differing interpretations of two different words, I have a very different conclusion about Cindy. She acted with intention. She is not psychotic or mentally retarded. She did what she did and the result was BAD.
At the same time, I believe her mental disorder is such that she could not have behaved any other way than she did. She is an emotionally and mentally "dangerous" person. She will hurt you to preserve her image, and the lengths to which she will go are astonishing.
