4 Apr
2001
4 Apr
'01
7:49 a.m.
Jacqui said:
Is the argument Travis uses at his trial it a 'far more sophisticated'
version of Par's 'only obeying orders' or is it something else? His justification and the response could be used in a discussion of political theory/military studies. I'd call it naive--he should know that the essence of being the "government" is that you get to decide what is "warfare" and what is an "atrocity" as well as deciding what's a crime and what isn't. "A dog's obeyed in office" (Shakespeare definitely, King Lear I think.)
-(Y)