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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1234701" data-attributes="member: 5100">I don't think I'd say CG people hate the gov't.  Distrust is probably a better way to put it -- for some, not all.  An organization like a gov't can be a major instrument.  A CG person could look at the gov't (or any other organization) the way some people look at guns (ho boy, please don't go there -- it's the only example I can think of).  In the right hands, it can be a tool for good.  In the wrong hands, it can be a tool for evil.  (In the CG mind) gov'ts tend to fall to evil more often than not -- some might even say it's inevitable. I don't entirely agree with your examples, either.  Even a neutral person would sacrifice himself for someone he loved enough.  A CG person is just as likely as a LG person to sacrifice himself for "the greater good", although I agree that he wouldn't likely give a rip about any organization.  Both LG and CG are good.  They will still value others, in a general sense, over themselves.   IMO, the only real difference is that when a LG sacrifices himself, he's thinking about everyone.  When a CG sacrifices himself, he's thinking about each one.  It's a very fine line, but important.  I saw a Stargate SG-1 last(?) season that make me realize one of the divisions between Law and Chaos as I see it.  I don't remember the whole setup, but there was a planet that, for whatever reason, needed a child of each generation to sacrifice herself and become a vegitable after spending some time as a genius (had something to do with the way their technology was handed down).  Sounds lame, I know, but it was actually entertaining. The planet's elders had chosen this girl and she wasn't given any choice in the matter.  O'Neil was horrified that anyone could even consider this.  Much diplomatic tension ensues. Bottom line, the civilization would collapse if the child didn't do this.  If this girl doesn't go through with things bad events ensue.  Eventually, the girl tells Jack that it's her choice and she's okay with it.  He says that it sucks, but lets her go. Jack is CG.  Once the girl, herself, decides to sacrifice, he's "okay" with it.  The elders are LG.  They know something needs to be done, so they choose the best path. In short, a CG won't choose to sacrifice someone else.  A LG will sacrifice whoever it makes the most sense to sacrifice.  Both will stick by that decision even if bad things come to pass because of it.  How bad of things they will let happen depends on how Lawful or Chaotic they are compared to how Good they are. Of course, not everything attitude or set of morals can be thrown into nine little boxes and sometimes people play against type.</blockquote>

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