No surprises here either...

[altivo]

You scored as Lawful Good. A lawful good person acts as a good person is expected or required to act. They are dedicated to upholding both what is right and what is set down in law. </td> Lawful Good 90% Neutral Good 75% Lawful Neutral 70% Chaotic Good 50% True Neutral 45% Lawful Evil 40% Neutral Evil 30% Chaotic Neutral 25% Chaotic Evil 15% What is your Alignment? created with QuizFarm.com

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Interesting!

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Result You scored as Chaotic Good.

A Chaotic Good person is someone who has little intrinsic respect for laws or authority, seeing them as insufficient to sustain what's right. These people work according to their own moral compass which, while good, is not necessarily always aligned with that of society. Despite their chaotic tendancies, these people are good at heart.

Chaotic Good

60%

Neutral Good

55%

Chaotic Evil

55%

Lawful Good

50%

True Neutral

45%

Lawful Neutral

45%

Chaotic Neutral

40%

Lawful Evil

40%

Neutral Evil

30%

Re: Interesting!

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I was a little surprised at how definitive my results were. In truth, I'm probably closer to chaotic good too. I'm not at all afraid to go counter to written law or tradition in order to do what I believe is right or just. The examples in the questions though, really didn't touch on that. Instead they seemed to focus on whether you would violate the law for your own convenience. My answer to that is definitely no, though I might be likely to start campaigning to have it changed... or set aside by the courts.

Despite all the bitching by conservatives in the US about 'damned activist judges', I have to say that I have found most of the big judicial decisions that have generated this discontent to be quite appropriate.

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I agree with you about the judge remark!

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Despite all the bitching by conservatives in the US about 'damned activist judges', I have to say that I have found most of the big judicial decisions that have generated this discontent to be quite appropriate.

This isn't a dig at the US, but... why is it that big corporations seem to be able to ignore judicial decisions? (e.g. - Microsoft being ruled an illegal monopoly, and nothing much has changed since that decision was made.) Mind you, I suppose that's true of multinational corporations in most countries, they get a way with a hell of a lot, but individuals have to stick to the letter of the law exactly, or be heavily punished - what a load of crap. I know it's unlikely to happen, but modern legal/government systems need urgent overhauling, because the only groups who are benefitting from the current systems are elite individuals and big business.

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In a word, money. Usually the bribes are not direct, but they still work. Microsoft undoubtedly gives financial support to politicians who will in turn support it. More generally, large corporations are all active political players. Their money goes into political campaign funds. Elections in the US are largely won by spending astronomical amounts of money on cleverly designed advertising that manipulates the electorate using the same techniques that might be used to sell beer or breakfast cereal.

Who are the experts at this kind of manipulation? None other than those same large corporations. The Microsoft challenges were brought to fruition under the Clinton administration, but the enforcement of the rulings falls to the Bush administration which is not so inclined to make trouble for the monopolies. The general public doesn't really grasp the true nature of the Microsoft charges because of the degree of technology (read 'magic') that they involve, and so there is little hue and cry for justice to be enforced. The original complaints were brought by Netscape, now a defunct corporation that was absorbed by AOL who are in turn now financially ailing.

In spite of which, Linux and Firefox continue to nibble away at Microsoft's market control. There is hope. :)