The only information from OWI we have (proably leeked, possibly misleading) on Khanzumerz says that they are the true evil on Oddworld. All the other Industrial creatures simply do what they think they should, and are 'innocent'.
We've found another one of those Oddworld issues that is entirely centred around your owns views. What do you consider evil? If Esso (ExxonMobil in the US) honestly didn't know they were wearing away the ozone layer, would that mean they weren't evil after all (that's just an example - Esso does know what it's doing, it's even ribing governments to keep in business)?
True, the Glukkons are destroying Oddworld nature at a phenomenal rate. But do they realise that? Does the Glukkon imagination even comprehend the idea of planets and ecosystems? Maybe they did, millennia ago, but hundreds of generations later they've evolved to serve the Khanzumerz. I'd call that innocent (although I'd go and have a word with them if I weren't so spineless).
Vykkers, too, don't understand that other beings can suffer. If they realised that, perhaps even felt it first hand under the effects of a Supernatural Spooce Cannon, perhaps they would think twice before finding new creatures to test their top-secret fabric softener on. In Roman Times (on Earth, obviously), the Romans, by today's standards, were racists. But racism, as a concept, wasn't about at those times, so how could they be violating it?
Sligs, well, they hardly seem the creatures to care whether or not they're 'wicked'. I doubt they're tiny minds can understand anything that doesn't offer them weapons or legs.
Khanzumerz are a totally different kettle of fish (I don't think I got that expression right) - we haven't seen them yet, we hardly know anything about them. What we can tell is that they're consumers and tourists, whose demands for tastier Tasty Treats, more efficient fossil fuels and safer laxatives have pushed Vykkers and Glukkons into the outwardly evil creatures we have today. In my opinion, that's not good, that's not innocent. They don't appear to have any motive - they're not selling top-quality goods at low, low prices, and they're not implementing research to uncover the secrets of safer drugs. As far as we know they're just greedy, and want what they want.
Yes, even though I consider them wicked, I do think they deserve safer drugs and good-quality products. Everyone does, as long as justice is served. If I could, I'd want Glukkons and Vykkers to sort themselves out, cos they weren't aware of the damage they were doing. Khanzumerz, I find it hard to imagine that they are totally oblivious to the world around them.
Like I said before, we don't have much to go on. Perhaps I am leaning all my evidence on one small nugget of probably-misleading information. I'm not going to change my views just yet. Abe's got a long way to go until he finally reaches the big cities, and we can finally see the Khanzumerz, whoever or whatever they are, at work and play, assuming they work and play, and don't just sit around being comfortable and evil.
And hello The Khanzumer. I can see I'm going to have be ever-more alert of what I'm saying. It's good to have fellow fans who can think on the same level as you (not that any Oddworld fans at all are bad in any way, of course).
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Vykkers or Glukkens?
Evil? Why?
