Talk:Ainz Ooal Gown/@comment-78.226.26.9-20161028192334/@comment-27168967-20161028210105

The concept of evil is very subjective to the party viewing the situation, and also the general acceptance of the actions. You're simply making assumptions and justifications through the first person perspective of the person carrying out the actions, in this case, Ainz. He may have some sort of agenda with his actions but for those who got killed, those who despise his decisions or had their acquaintances suffering from Ainz's action would no doubt label him evil.

Let's try looking at two sides of the coin with some of the points you listed. Generally, we consider murder or manslaughter as evil, even legitimate killing doesn't make it good. The Empire and Kingdom's annual war also created a great number of death but those had become a norm, an acceptance of the general populace that it's somewhat needed for the two countries to function in the form of display of power. Ainz's massacre at Katze make those deaths look so trivial that the people would be fearing for their lives for many years to come because the death toll far surpassed anything of the past. The prejudice against the undead and the summoning of Dark Young also played another role in adding salt to the situation.

On the other side of the coin, Carne and E-Rantel becomes accepting of Ainz because of his rule and care for the people which had come under his banner or simply protection. He provided many things which had never really been possible in the past that they are living a much better life. That's why they don't really care about his mass murder spree unless they become his next target. Evil is basically the mirror image of fear. One does not consider a person evil if you do not fear either the person or his actions. Ainz landed in the negative scale for many people after what he did. He's evil, for those who fear him.