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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8029935" data-attributes="member: 6788736">They're as strong as they are. For some people very strong, for others not as much. If you have a rigid adherence to Law, despite the moral cost or implications of your actions, you're not Lawful Good.Look at someone like Judge Dredd. He's committed to the Law with an indefatigable zeal. He also happens to work for a LE dystopian regime. For him, the Law takes priority over any moral consideration of his actions. He doesnt go out of his way to harm others, yet he does harm others, by punishing the guilty with severe punishments, nor does he go out of his way to help others, although he certainly does help others, by fighting crime.He's extremely Lawful (Law/ Chaos), and morally Neutral (with a slight evil bent on account of the dystopian regime he serves).If Mega City 1 implemented a far more altruistic and forgiving legal code, Dredd would enforce that as well, without fear or favour. He is the Law.No, the reverse is true as well.I see a person who tosses a warhammer at a child who stole a loaf of bread, seeking to knock the child to the ground 'because it is my code that all crimes are to be answered for, notwithstanding any other consideration' to be very Lawful, and morally Neutral.'You do the crime, you do the time' is a very LN thing to assert.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 8029935, member: 6788736"] They're as strong as they are. For some people very strong, for others not as much. If you have a rigid adherence to Law, despite the moral cost or implications of your actions, you're not Lawful Good. Look at someone like Judge Dredd. He's committed to the Law with an indefatigable zeal. He also happens to work for a LE dystopian regime. For him, the Law takes priority over any moral consideration of his actions. He doesnt go out of his way to harm others, yet he does harm others, by punishing the guilty with severe punishments, nor does he go out of his way to help others, although he certainly does help others, by fighting crime. He's extremely Lawful (Law/ Chaos), and morally Neutral (with a slight evil bent on account of the dystopian regime he serves). If Mega City 1 implemented a far more altruistic and forgiving legal code, Dredd would enforce that as well, without fear or favour. He is the Law. No, the reverse is true as well. I see a person who tosses a warhammer at a child who stole a loaf of bread, seeking to knock the child to the ground 'because it is my code that all crimes are to be answered for, notwithstanding any other consideration' to be very Lawful, and morally Neutral. 'You do the crime, you do the time' is a [I]very [/I]LN thing to assert. [/QUOTE]

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