{"id":101748,"date":"2026-07-07T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=101748"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:03:36","slug":"qotd-i-was-just-following-orders-the-nuremberg-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/07\/07\/qotd-i-was-just-following-orders-the-nuremberg-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: &#8220;I was just following orders&#8221; &mdash; the Nuremberg Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 25px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><em><strong>JerryRigEverything<\/strong> @ZacksJerryRig<br \/>\nIt is illegal to obey illegal orders. <br \/>\nIt is illegal to obey illegal orders.<br \/>\nIt is illegal to obey illegal orders.<br \/>\nIt is illegal to obey illegal orders.<br \/>\nIt is illegal to obey illegal orders.<br \/>\nIt is illegal to obey illegal orders.<br \/>\nCongress has not declared War.<br \/>\nPass it on.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hot Take: The &#8220;Nuremberg Defense&#8221; should be completely legally valid because it was for the entirety of human history until the Nuremberg Trials.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that the average GI Joe has the knowledge and capability to parse the legality of orders in life-and-death situations is one of the best examples of how Liberalism simply does not comport with reality.<\/p>\n<p>Every lawyer knows this to be true, too. Ask any number of attorneys a question on a matter of law and if the question is worth a damn you&#8217;ll get as many answers as participants. All good legal questions start with the same answer: &#8220;It depends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t even get a team of attorneys to always agree on whether something is legal, with hours to days to weeks of research put into the question, why\/how do you expect a normal joe to figure that out?<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t. He can&#8217;t. You know that.<\/p>\n<p>You just want to inspire doubt, raise mutiny, and have a way to punish people who did things you don&#8217;t like on the orders of someone out of your reach.<\/p>\n<p>J.T. Alexander, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JTAlexander_\/status\/2041245055189684552\" target=\"_blank\">The social media site formerly known as <em>Twitter<\/em><\/a>, 2026-04-06.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JerryRigEverything @ZacksJerryRig It is illegal to obey illegal orders. It is illegal to obey illegal orders. It is illegal to obey illegal orders. It is illegal to obey illegal orders. It is illegal to obey illegal orders. It is illegal to obey illegal orders. Congress has not declared War. Pass it on. 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