Society tends to go to extremes in the way it describes things nowadays. Simple things that were once either good or bad are now described in quite horrific terms.
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The spectrum of evil
KAREN Matthews was branded �pure evil� by Detective Superintendent Andy Brennan after she was found guilty last week with Michael Donovan of kidnapping her daughter Shannon. It was the same powerful phrase used by a former wife of handyman Peter Tobin after he was convicted last week of murdering Vicky Hamilton. But what does �evil� really mean? Dr Ian Stephen, the psychologist who was the inspiration for TV�s Cracker, believes it is the wrong word to describe Matthews as he explains what drove her to commit the shocking crime
