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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 8046590" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>Maybe we need to start a step further back. </p><p></p><p>There are 2 theories of lawful. One is based on society. The other is based on individual codes of conduct. </p><p></p><p>My discussion so far has been based on the individual code of conduct version. In this version a code of conduct to defy all the laws of the land would indeed be lawful. What traditionally gets referred to as neutral would actually be chaotic. Where you sometimes follow your code of conduct and sometimes do not. That’s what makes law and chaos unlike rich and poor. The whole rich class cannot be argued to be middle class in any respect. </p><p></p><p>Now if we base it on societies code of conduct (there are issues around which society,etc) but if that’s the basis let’s explore. Lawful would be following that code of conduct for the most part. Chaotic would be not following that code of conduct at all or mostly so. Is there room for a neutral here? I don’t see it. Either you are lawful enough to be considered lawful or you are unlawful enough to be considered unlawful which in this case is chaotic by definition. </p><p></p><p>In both cases I don’t see where we can get to neutral. It’s about definitions. Rich and poor doesn’t follow that same definitional path.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 8046590, member: 6795602"] Maybe we need to start a step further back. There are 2 theories of lawful. One is based on society. The other is based on individual codes of conduct. My discussion so far has been based on the individual code of conduct version. In this version a code of conduct to defy all the laws of the land would indeed be lawful. What traditionally gets referred to as neutral would actually be chaotic. Where you sometimes follow your code of conduct and sometimes do not. That’s what makes law and chaos unlike rich and poor. The whole rich class cannot be argued to be middle class in any respect. Now if we base it on societies code of conduct (there are issues around which society,etc) but if that’s the basis let’s explore. Lawful would be following that code of conduct for the most part. Chaotic would be not following that code of conduct at all or mostly so. Is there room for a neutral here? I don’t see it. Either you are lawful enough to be considered lawful or you are unlawful enough to be considered unlawful which in this case is chaotic by definition. In both cases I don’t see where we can get to neutral. It’s about definitions. Rich and poor doesn’t follow that same definitional path. [/QUOTE]
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