Quote Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
I believe Sephiroth's strength of character came because he was the first (please correct me if I'm wrong) FF opponent, indeed one of the first video game opponents, that was not just 'Evil Because I AM Evil'. He had a humanity & reasons. He had a past, he actually had certain good points. You were able to see WHY he became your enemy. At one point, and this was a first for me, where I thought 'Poor Guy'.
Kefka was just an evil Shi because he he wanted to, therefore he didn't really stand out as a character & just became 'the evil guy you had to kill to complete the game'.
FFVII was the first to show that there isn't really 'an evil villain', George Bush should play this game actually, maybe he'd quote 'Evil-Dooers' a little less. People's views & actions get warped at a certain point in their lives that makes them do the unthinkable at times, there is no black & white, good & bad, evil & good. Life truely is not that simple, put the bible down & open your eyes.
Correction: Kefka wasn't just evil because he wanted to be evil. He was a failed experiment and he had his "reasons". And anyone who thinks Kefka didn't stand out as a character must have been asleep when he/she played trough FFVI... if he/she ever played it at all.

Also... there IS evil. But exactly WHAT that's evil may be more of a matter of opinion. However... in my opinion, war is evil, torture is evil, rape is evil and eggs are evil etc. Yes, eggs ARE evil... and hotogs. Hotdogs and eggs are very, VERY evil!!! In a war there's no evil or good sides, that's true. But the war itself is evil (in my opinion).