Those sound less evil to me and more sadistic and cruel.
I am generally more interested in evil paths that aren't absurd - more like selfish or taking advantage of others paths.
That's been more or less issue I had with all Baldur's Gate games, and Bioware games in general - going evil just felt unvaible most of the time. I tried to be less good in my current BG1 playthrough, and every time I try the game seems unhappy with me.
