The taint isn't linked to Kethuru anymore, if it was suffice it to say we'd all be dead because I'm sure Estarra would rather just kill the Kethuru then let him have any actual power over the Basin or the outer planes.

I wouldn't be so sure. The Admins have shown that they like to keep us guessing. Even if it is true our Characters don't know that.

It does not matter if the taint is still linked to Kethuru or not, It was created by him and therefore it holds evil properties even if he released his hold on it. And who says that even Estarra has the power to kill Kethuru? Or infact who says Estarra cares if Kethuru has a hold on the basin, perhaps she finds it amusing how things evolve.

no offense intended lady Estarra

There's a helpfile somewhere that says, "Even Lady Estarra herself could not destroy the Taint without destroying the entire Basin." Or something like that.

Yeah, I've seen that.

Its too ingrained into the land, and its so reactive that any amount of power or energy that would be enough to wipe it clean, would cause an explosion of Apocalyptic proportions. That's not what the file says, its just my take on it.

There's still a historical link, a casuality link. The taint is the byproduct (some might say the offal) of a soulless being that tried and almost succeeded in devouring Lusternia, perhaps the only being that has ever been opposed by the entire Basin. This is certainly a point that someone could raise in a discussion of whether the taint has an evilness about it, an association with evil.

because I like killing threads.... The Nazi's did terrible experiments on people. One of these experiements produced a work of the human body that to this very day helps doctors know more about the nature of certain deseases, and saved many people's lives during the 50's and 60's. The Source of the Medicine was pure evil, however, the medicine was not evil.

That's a good example, because the medical science community still argues about whether they should use bits of Mengele's work for other research, even to this day. Though it's not quite as appropriate, because while no one disagrees that the Nazis did evil acts, that's not quite the same as being an incarnation of evil. Like, if you believe in such things, if Satan came to earth and gave you a 22-piece toolset with carrying case, stamped "Made In Hell, Inspected by #666" on the bottom, people would argue endlessly about whether the tools were poisoned by evil. (I hope no one who's reading this is a Hollywood producer thinking, "hey, I smell next year's cheesy horror movie premise!" Though it'd be no worse than most.)

Actually, I do think the Nazi's were the incarnation of Evil. I think its even a better example because the experiments they did were used to help them control people.

Well there is a fundamental difference to medicine and the taint. Medicine is knowledge, the taint is not. Knowledge is not evil nor good, it is the use that counts. However the taint leads it's own existance. When I enter a tainted room i clearly see something saying so. It has an adversive effect on plants, wich the light does not (flooded areas have nothing to do with the light but are the faulth of aquamancers).

Anyway on the argument wether or not to use those results of that research, those people (and sorry for being disrespectfull) will not suffer more because we use it's results now. So instead of letting them die for nothing use the results for good.