Old Sage
It seems that you want to have the last word, as you belief you are above D&D rules as stated in your last entry; Quote: "In this paragraph you have perfectly summarized why alignment change should not (and will not happen). It's great that you finally saw my point."

Skraus1 has made many valid points and has refuted your arguments (much better than I ever could) but you insist on having the final word. (If my assumpion is correct, you'll even reply to this, so you can still have the final word) For all your well written arguments, your biggest flaw IMO is you belief yourself to be above the rule set (stated as you would say "from your own words"). Lucky for us Gary Gygax didn't come to you when he decided to put together this great concept for us. Bottom line is the rule set says otherwise and one day we might see some form of alignment shift mechanism.