Is Creating an Alignment Thread an Evil Act?

[meatrace]

I'm just curious.

[Lathiira]

Yes, it is. Creating an alignment thread causes untold misery and suffering, all for the enjoyment of the OP. Therefore, it's evil. Which means at this point no one should sprinkle holy water on any of the messageboard threads, they're probably all contaminated by now :)

[Jason Nelson]

I was going to say it was a chaotic act, since it spreads anarchy and dissension, but I could go with evil too. Perhaps chaotic evil then. :)

[Lathiira]

Jason Nelson wrote:

I was going to say it was a chaotic act, since it spreads anarchy and dissension, but I could go with evil too. Perhaps chaotic evil then. :)

I concur! Wow, that was fast. And we even got a lawful/chaotic component in!

[meatrace]

Jason Nelson wrote:

I was going to say it was a chaotic act, since it spreads anarchy and dissension, but I could go with evil too. Perhaps chaotic evil then. :)

I find that to be an acceptable judgment.

So a Paladin could smite anyone who started an alignment thread? Or do you have to start a certain amount of alignment threads before you yourself are irrevocably stained by your evil actions?

[Charender]

Yes, but not as evil as trolling in an alignment thread.

[Monosyllable]

Meh

[Jason Nelson]

Monosyllable wrote:

Meh

Monosyllabic roper is monosyllabic.

[Disyllable]

Jason Nelson wrote:

Monosyllable wrote:

Meh

Monosyllabic roper is monosyllabic.

Mm-hm.

[Jason Nelson]

Disyllable wrote:

Jason Nelson wrote:

Monosyllable wrote:

Meh

Monosyllabic roper is monosyllabic.

Mm-hm.

Hey, don't steal Boomhauer's line!

"Yup."
"Ayep."
"Mm-hm."

[Talonhawke]

Nope gonna agree with the drow its chaotic now what you do to your pets after reading an alignment thread may be very evil.

[Lord Fyre]

meatrace wrote:

Jason Nelson wrote:

I was going to say it was a chaotic act, since it spreads anarchy and dissension, but I could go with evil too. Perhaps chaotic evil then. :)

I find that to be an acceptable judgment.

So a Paladin could smite anyone who started an alignment thread? Or do you have to start a certain amount of alignment threads before you yourself are irrevocably stained by your evil actions?

Starting an alignment thread (including this one) is an act so heinous, that a single instance is all that is required to permanently make one CE.

[VM mercenario]

Here is a better question: Is responding to an alignment thread an evil act?

[Lathiira]

VM mercenario wrote:

Here is a better question: Is responding to an alignment thread an evil act?

It's certainly chaotic, as we're aiding and abetting. As we're not stomping such threads out, it's at least neutral.

[Lord Fyre]

VM mercenario wrote:

Here is a better question: Is responding to an alignment thread an evil act?

Yes, but I don't believe it is immediately damning. Now, responding more then once would be enough to make someone evil ...

... oh darn!

[Gruumash .]

Yes I would say it is an evil act to create it and responding to it more than once is certainly evil. Only once is more chaotic perhaps neutral but not good.

[VM mercenario]

Lord Fyre wrote:

VM mercenario wrote:

Here is a better question: Is responding to an alignment thread an evil act?

Yes, but I don't believe it is immediately damning. Now, responding more then once would be enough to make someone evil ...

... oh darn!

Join the dark side. We have cookies. Evil cookies!!! MUAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!

Also please notice the use of three exclamations points. According to one expert it is a sure sign of craziness.

[TheTroll]

Troll troll troll troll troll troll troll troll

[Aberzombie]

I will not flag too much.

[Aberzombie]

looks over his should to see if he's being followed

[Crimson Jester]

Aberzombie wrote:

looks over his should to see if he's being followed

♫♪♫♪♫♪

[Grand Magus]

Is Creating an Alignment Thread a GOOD act?

No. Therefore, it is evil.

[Crimson Jester]

Grand Magus wrote:

Is Creating an Alignment Thread a GOOD act?

No. Therefore, it is evil.

Could be Neutral.

[Aberzombie]

Crimson Jester wrote:

Grand Magus wrote:

Is Creating an Alignment Thread a GOOD act?

No. Therefore, it is evil.

Could be Neutral.

Goes both ways, huh?

[Crimson Jester]

Aberzombie wrote:

Crimson Jester wrote:

Grand Magus wrote:

Is Creating an Alignment Thread a GOOD act?

No. Therefore, it is evil.

Could be Neutral.

Goes both ways, huh?

Switch hitting? Never been accused of that before.

[Gary Teter]

Creating an alignment thread may not be an evil act, but we'd like these threads to peacefully pass into the archives sooner rather than later.

[Atrocious]

I don't know, is it evil to beat a dead horse?

[meatrace]

Atrocious wrote:

I don't know, is it evil to beat a dead horse?

No, but it is an evil act to perform thread necromancy on one.

And just in time for halloween!

[Minis Maximus]

Damn you meatrace foiled again

[The Threadkiller]

This thread deserves to stay dead.

[Dalek Thos]

EX-TER-MIN-ATE

[The Forum Police]

Cease and desist, citizen!

[Aelryinth]

responding to an alignment thread isn't evil, it just shows miserable Sense Motive and a low Wis score.

Err...

==Aelryinth

[Ensirio the Longstrider]

The Forum Police wrote:

Cease and desist, citizen!

ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWA

[strayshift]

Or the alignment thread could be viewed as a profound zen riddle and hence ultimately an exercise in creating order from chaos and therefore Lawful.

Likewise it places upon others the challenge of sublimating their baser urges. and exercising control. Therefore it is also good.

I take my seat amongst my students,

Namaste.

[The Threadkiller]

*slays thread*

[Spanky the Leprechaun]

This is the Mirror/Mirror Universe.

The one where all the Star Treks happened is an alternate reality.

[Minis Maximus]

Oh S@#$, Even I don't want this raised

[Spanky the Leprechaun]

Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne are drowning. Your paladin only has time to save one of them.
What kind of sandwich should he make?

[137ben]

It is most certainly an Evil act. Alignment threads have a very strong tendency to start war-like arguments, and starting a war for amusement is unquestionably an Evil act.

It is less clear whether it is a Chaotic act.
On some forums, such as the GitP forums, discussing real-world politics or religion is against the rules (even when it relates to D&D/PF), and alignment threads can easily get people to start discussing real world politics, so starting an alignment thread on GitP is most certainly Chaotic.

It gets more complicated when alignment descriptors are involved. For example, if you start a thread with the title "Is the alignment system racist? [Good]", then you have obviously commited an Evil act. But the evil act involved casting a spell/thread with the [Good] descriptor, making it partially Good!

[Orthos]

Except the spell in question is clearly not a Good descriptor spell, even though the thread poster decided to add the descriptor, probably through abuse of some weird 3.5 metamagic. I'm pretty sure that doesn't count. ;)

[lucky7]

It's Chaotic Shtooped.

[The Threadkiller]

Please stop beating this dead thread.

[zylphryx]

Says the thread killer after taking another whack ...

[Burning Straw man]

See it is alive again thank s to me.

[lucky7]

You lose a Morality Point.

[MYTHIC TOZ]

He has no morality to lose.

[Beating A Dead Horse]

EGADS!

[lucky7]

Then he loses Two.

[The Threadkiller]

I thought I killed this thread....WHY WON'T YOU DIE????!!!!!!