NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 10 days agoU.S. Admiral Refuses To Say If He’d Obey Order To Invade Canadawww.readthemaple.comexternal-linkmessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down13
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minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoHe very clearly stated that such an order is ‘preposterous’. meaning ‘not legal’. How much clearer an answer could you ask for?
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days ago ‘preposterous’. meaning ‘not legal’ I don’t think this is necessarily the case. And certainly not a sure thing when reading it into someone else’s words. (And even if it does mean ‘not a legal order’ … does that mean he’ll actually refuse the order?)
minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoHe is obligated by American law to refuse to obey an order that is not legal, subject to imprisonment upon conviction.
He very clearly stated that such an order is ‘preposterous’. meaning ‘not legal’. How much clearer an answer could you ask for?
I don’t think this is necessarily the case. And certainly not a sure thing when reading it into someone else’s words.
(And even if it does mean ‘not a legal order’ … does that mean he’ll actually refuse the order?)
He is obligated by American law to refuse to obey an order that is not legal, subject to imprisonment upon conviction.