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Wearestillsurprisedbyevil.FromAuschwitztotheeventsofSeptember11,wehavebeenshockedintorecognizingthestartlingcapacityforevilwithinthehumanheart.Wenowknow9/11revealedthatourcountrywasunpreparedintermsofnationalsecurity,butitalsoshowedwewereintellectuallyandmorallyunpreparedtodealwithsuchabarbaricact.Ourlanguagetodescribeevilandourethicalwilltoresistithavegrownuncertainandconfused.Manywhospeakunabashedlyofevilaredismissedassimplistic,old–fashioned,andoutoftunewiththerealitiesofmodernlife.Yetwemusthavesomekindoflanguage...