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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8330488" data-attributes="member: 6915329">Yes. Here's something Oofta said back on page 8:Other people have said similar things.But again, what do those two letters (which are not two letters, but actually the words spelled out) actually tell you? One lawful evil person could always honor the letter and spirit of an agreement, and another could always exploit loopholes. Those are very different things that use the exact same &quot;two letters.&quot; And worse, those &quot;two letters&quot; are often very, very different between tables and even players--made even more so when you have players who are obnoxious about alignments or take them to extremes. Earlier, someone told me that lawful people obey society's laws and honor those of higher rank and authority. I asked, what if it's a lawful good person in society of unjust laws that can't be fixed through lawful actions, and what if the person of higher rank and authority is corrupt or incompetent or got that rank through unlawful or simply stupid means. Is it lawful to honor unjust laws? Is it lawful to not honor them and to engage in nonlawful actions to fix them? Is it lawful to try to remove that individual from authority? I don't recall getting an answer to these questions. Would you be willing to answer them?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8330488, member: 6915329"] Yes. Here's something Oofta said back on page 8: Other people have said similar things. But again, what do those two letters (which are not two letters, but actually the words spelled out) actually tell you? One lawful evil person could always honor the letter and spirit of an agreement, and another could always exploit loopholes. Those are very different things that use the exact same "two letters." And worse, those "two letters" are often very, very different between tables and even players--made even more so when you have players who are obnoxious about alignments or take them to extremes. Earlier, someone told me that lawful people obey society's laws and honor those of higher rank and authority. I asked, what if it's a lawful good person in society of unjust laws that can't be fixed through lawful actions, and what if the person of higher rank and authority is corrupt or incompetent or got that rank through unlawful or simply stupid means. Is it lawful to honor unjust laws? Is it lawful to [I]not[/I] honor them and to engage in nonlawful actions to fix them? Is it lawful to try to remove that individual from authority? I don't recall getting an answer to these questions. Would you be willing to answer them? [/QUOTE]

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