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I just wish that google pushed this patent to the extreme and trolled everyone, and then went to congress to say "see we just shut down half the web, patent laws are currently fucked up and need changing"

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That would move Google from lawful good/lawful neutral (in theory, "Don't be evil") to chaotic good. It might actually be a good idea.

A little off topic, but any of the Good alignments follow "Don't be evil", since by definition Good is not Evil. Neutral says nothing about not doing evil and actually implies doing some evil. Lawful Neutral is following the order of law regardless of whether a law is good or evil. Chaotic Good is more of disregarding law or actively attempting to destroy law but while still doing what is Good. Therefore, I'd say Google acting as the GP describes would more closely follow Lawful Neutral than Chaotic Good.

Edit: Actually, I guess the process of acting as the GP describes would be Lawful Neutral but the end result would be Chaotic Good.

I'm not sure how following the law for the purpose of destroying the law seems lawful...

It's a simple application of higher order law.

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