Are Hobbits capable of evil?

I think any being is capable of evil as the interpretation of "evil" can be different to different people.

If you mean pre-meditated murder or becoming a follower of Sauron then I'd have to say yes. I think we have it in all of us for different reasons. Also I don't remember Tolkien saying that the Hobbits were omni-potent in that respect.

Finding pre-meditated evil done by a hobbit in Tolkiens works may be tricky though. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] In the Scouring of the Shire I think the hobbits were all portrayed as being bad because they were forced to do it, even Lobelia and Lotho.