It's altogether another to err on the side of extremism.
Whether or
not someone of authority tells you that you must pull the trigger on those 6
children lined up against the wall whose only crime was to steal a pack of
lolipops does not alter the fact that you have a conscience and the intelligence
and free will to use it.
Obviously if you are part of the army in
wartime, you will be making a very hard decision because (as I understand) you
can be executed on the spot by your commanding officer for refusing to follow
orders.
I don't - not for an instance - believe Ortiz Job was at peril if
she had chosen to exercise a conscience and been more reasonable. And she
certainly wasn't facing immediate execution.
Since you speak as though
she must follow the letter of the Law:
Why aren't the Corporations who are
installing rootkits on people's devices against the owner's very explicit
instructions otherwise facing equivalent charges?
Sorry - but for myself,
you're explanation is not an acceptable reason to explain what
happened.
But my opinion is just that and holds very little weight in the
matter. Given sufficient time, we may very well find out even more about what
happened - such as finding out what the answers to the questions Senator Cornyn
asked are.
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