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August 12, 2021 at 11:20 am #1670049

blinky465

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@crazyredcoat – is your Paladin really “good lawful”? If they kill someone for jaywalking? (it does remind me of some of the more darkly comic satire from early Judge Dredd stories).

But just as much of the humour in Judge Dredd came from the over the top application of the law, and the satire coming from someone upholding ridiculous laws to the point of looking like a psychotic arse (while considering themselves to be one of the “good guys” simply for being lawful) I’d suggest that a Paladin lawfully killing people for jaywalking isn’t “good” at all.

Indeed, in a world where it is mandated that jaywalking *had to* be punished by death, to be “morally good” you’d have to act unlawfully (and refuse to execute, rather then partake in the unlawful act). There would be no way you could be both (morally) good and lawful, if the laws are morally “evil”.

Or have I completely misunderstood, yet again?