[LINK] Vodafone: the government made us do it

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Fri Feb 4 21:32:38 AEDT 2011


On 4/02/2011 8:46 PM, I wrote:
...
> Sounds to me like a variant of the "good soldier" defence.
The good soldier defence being "I was only following orders". Heard 
often at the Nuremberg trials following World War II. Springing from 
that trial, Principle IV begins:
"The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of 
a superior does not relieve him from responsibility" ...

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