Defining A Monster

The Independent refers to Karadzic as a monster based on reports gathered from both sides. While this alone is not enough to define a 'monster' in and of itself, the sheer number of the reports must be seriously considered. The Independent uses Knowledge by Authority regarding the reports coming out of Serbia at the time. Karadzic is described as a monster much in the way most people would describe Hitler as a monster. Neither one was directly causing the violence, but terrible atrocities were committed under the orders of both, and neither did anything to stop it. The reports filed by the journalists that were 'invited' into the prisons were recorded in a way to blend both emotional imagery and factual reporting. This could have led to the distortion of some details, but the sheer number of similar reports would have overcome that.