Re: IEN Fascists?

In a message dated 98-02-02 11:52:26 EST, you write:

<< >>I retract all I said on The IEN, think about it, tightl fisted maybe,
 but not facists.  Goblins are evil, and the rules themselves that
 clearly define good from evil (See Ravenloft Power Checks) state that
 KILLING AN EVIL CREATURE IS NOT ONLY EVIL BUT A LAWFUL AND GOOD ACT!
 Think about it, the elves may have violated treaties with goblins, but
 goblins are goblins THEY ARE INHERTIDELY EVIL AND WORTHY OF DESTRUCTION!


 I don't see how that rule applies in Ravenloft.  All the rules I have
 read said that good and evil cannot be detected by any means.  And going
 around saying "that person might be evil so I will kill him" cannot be
 considered a lawful good act.  And if killing is a lawful good act then
 all those Drow who kill each other are going to have an alignment
 problem.
 You say goblins are inhertidely evil, so are drow.  An one particular
 drow has become a quite famous ranger of good alignment.
 There are exceptions to every rule and deciding to eliminate a species
 just because most of them commit acts which the self-appointed champions
 of good deems wrong is evil and unbalancing to nature.
 I thought elves where nature loving pansies.
   (Sorry, I've hated all elves ever since one elf DM stripped me of my
 paladinship when I kill one dwarf PC twice in one night)

 One question: Why would the Arcane allow the IEN to drive some paying
 customers from the spacelanes?  War is fine for profit but eliminating
 one side would be bad for economicly.   >>

An evil person killing anything is an evil act, a nuetral person killing from
either side of the scale is an evil act.  Good killing evil is not an evil
act.  Look at the war system with the world.  Good is alied with all nonevil,
in a sense.  Nuetral is aligned with good, and evil has no friendship, they
bite their tails.