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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7782693" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Following laws does not make you lawful. The vast majority of people follow laws, not because they believe in them, but because they don't want to go to jail and/or pay lots of expensive fines. A type of lawful person believes wholeheartedly in laws. If that sort of person intentionally violated a law, it would be an unlawful(both temporal and alignment) act. Accidentally violating the law would not be an unlawful(alignment) act.</p><p></p><p>To further muddy the waters, though, there are different ways to be lawful. Having a strict personal code of conduct and/or a lot of personal discipline is also a way to be lawful. So long as that sort of person didn't have, "Don't break a law." as part of his personal code, he could intentionally break laws without it being an unlawful alignment act.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, even someone who is lawful of the first sort might break a law on purpose now and then. While it might be a chaotic act, it's not as if he can't do it or will stop being lawful if he does. It takes more than an occasional act outside of your alignment to switch you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7782693, member: 23751"] Following laws does not make you lawful. The vast majority of people follow laws, not because they believe in them, but because they don't want to go to jail and/or pay lots of expensive fines. A type of lawful person believes wholeheartedly in laws. If that sort of person intentionally violated a law, it would be an unlawful(both temporal and alignment) act. Accidentally violating the law would not be an unlawful(alignment) act. To further muddy the waters, though, there are different ways to be lawful. Having a strict personal code of conduct and/or a lot of personal discipline is also a way to be lawful. So long as that sort of person didn't have, "Don't break a law." as part of his personal code, he could intentionally break laws without it being an unlawful alignment act. Lastly, even someone who is lawful of the first sort might break a law on purpose now and then. While it might be a chaotic act, it's not as if he can't do it or will stop being lawful if he does. It takes more than an occasional act outside of your alignment to switch you. [/QUOTE]
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