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<blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 905096" data-attributes="member: 6929">One nitpick: I never really thought of Law as making people submit to authority, but they would recognise legitimate authority.That said, here's what I think on the issue of order and chaos:Order is a system that is easily predicted. Thus, a number of 'laws' and strict adherence to these laws is necessary. The fewer the laws and the stricter the adherence the more Lawful. The ideal state of Law is a singularity - its laws are reduced to a single point, unalterable, inflexible, perfect simplicity.Chaos is a system that is not easily predicted (nor does it often consider itself a system). Either laws are not adhered to, or there are too many laws (some of which may be contradictory) for people to follow accurately (thus they don't adhere to them). Disrespect for any common framework of behaviour is Chaotic. The ideal state of Chaos is infinite diversity in infinite combinations, which (because everything eventually combines with its opposite) will anihiliate itself and largely resemble perfect Law.Ah, the depressing nature of metaphysics...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="s/LaSH, post: 905096, member: 6929"] One nitpick: I never really thought of Law as making people submit to authority, but they would recognise [i]legitimate[/i] authority. That said, here's what I think on the issue of order and chaos: Order is a system that is easily predicted. Thus, a number of 'laws' and strict adherence to these laws is necessary. The fewer the laws and the stricter the adherence the more Lawful. The ideal state of Law is a singularity - its laws are reduced to a single point, unalterable, inflexible, perfect simplicity. Chaos is a system that is not easily predicted (nor does it often consider itself a system). Either laws are not adhered to, or there are too many laws (some of which may be contradictory) for people to follow accurately (thus they don't adhere to them). Disrespect for any common framework of behaviour is Chaotic. The ideal state of Chaos is infinite diversity in infinite combinations, which (because everything eventually combines with its opposite) will anihiliate itself and largely resemble perfect Law. Ah, the depressing nature of metaphysics... [/QUOTE]

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