So I read about 50 pages of this so far and have been compelled to contribute. I have seen arguements for why the Jedi are controlling and the sith are about freedom, but the crux of the argument as has been pointed out so many times, is definition of "sith" and that of evil. Now, I am not going to suggest that the depiction of the sith as a collection of individuals would imply that they are evil. Then, I posit that just because they are the current manifistation of the Sith order, these "evil" sith even though they are in the vast majority are not representative of every sith imaginable. For example, I can easily rationalise a sith order where the code would be interpreted as follows. "Peace is a lie, there is only passion." In regards to internal emotional state, this is true, for "people", emotions are inevitable. On a more extrapolated note, this could mean the universe as a whole, an atom can never be at rest, it is constantly moving, and such is the nature of the universe. It isn't unreasonable to interpret that a different way, or for it to be the basis of a cruel and and perverse doctrine, but not exclusively. "Through passion I gain strength." Well, I would argue that a person's passions do grant them strength. There is the saying about making your passion a profession and not working a day in your life. I can imagine passion itself fuelling a light side anything, the Jedi are passionate about their code, passionate about having no passion... And we don't call them evil for that. "Through strength I gain power" well this is encouraging the sith to apply their convictions to things that give power, this is no different to encouraging people to work harder, to wield that strength with purpose. "Through power I gain victory" telling people to use their power to win. To be a success, is this not the premise of every motivational speech? "Through victory my chains are broken" I don't know about you, but I feel pretty damn good when I win at stuff, life mainly. ""The force shall set me free" I have always taken this to mean that whichever force practices are used the freedom of choice that is inherently available to gray force users is freeing in itself. It is my conclusion that unless we are establishing that the dark side of the force, we aren't ruling out light sith. If a single sith with power rivalling Bane or Sideous, were to saying the things about the light side that the DK temple hologram speaks of about the light side, the sith would be very different order. But fundamentally, I believe being a sith does not make you evil. Being a sith does not make you wield force lightning. Thank you for reading my wall of text.