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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 453792" data-attributes="member: 13">Relativist? Me? You bet - everything depends on the exact circumstances. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />I'm not for much CG, though.See, I don't see any value in (and note the emphasis in what follows) upholding a law's letter for its own sake.(Important side note: This doesn't influence my work as a moderator in EN World - mess with our rules even in the slightest of ways and I'll make sure that you'll be banned alive, you chaotic evil bastard!!!!!!!111!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) And neither do I see much value in challenging laws or rules "just because" or because "authority sucks" or "change is good [for its own sake]." (Note: Although change is good, change for its own sake isn't always the best idea. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />) After all, order brings stability - and not merely stagnation.Thus, I'm Neutral on the Law-Chaos axis; I know that laws don't exist for their own sake and shouldn't be interpreted to the letter, but rather the spirit. Further, they are neither unfallible nor perfect nor absolute nor immutable. And if they fail to perform sensibly, they need to be changed in a fashion that enables them to do so.Also, having at least some laws is vital IMO.For example (deliberately non-inflammatory):I'm willing to support (and even fight for, if the need is great) a sensible ruler - preferably a NG or N one, with LG quite possibly being next in my list of preference.Not sure who I'd feel about CG - but then, these people seldom are rulers anyway, so... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />A LN ruler wouldn't be very high on my list but if the people who actually created the laws are/were mostly NG, it could work, too.But I certainly wouldn't want a CN or Evil ruler.</blockquote>

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