PaintedSnail

Those are maize dogs if they’re from that region of France. They’re just corn dogs if they come from anywhere else.

I don’t know of any system that will hold up if all the people in power just decide to ignore it. What we lack is a robust way to ensure that no one group holds all the power at any given time.

Quantum tunneling is actually a problem in integrated circuit design: https://medium.com/@markveerasingam/quantum-tunneling-the-semiconductors-struggle-in-the-miniaturization-race-7ef2df8f9e48

Oh, well, carry on, then. Carry on.

The ambiguity was by design. It let the test proctor decide who did or did not pass with near impunity. This was used to legally deny voting rights to minorities.

It’s good to know that we have advanced as a society. We’re talking about now, not 80 years ago.

You also seem to be under the impression that making a “correct” choice would be without consequences. It would be nice if the moral or legal choice always had positive consequences for the chooser, but that’s not always the case. That doesn’t chance the morality or legality of the choice. Yes, soldiers have been persecuted for disobeying an illegal order; either legally or socially; but that doesn’t change their duty.

(Also, David McBride was arrested for releasing confidential documents, something that is very much illegal. We can debate the morality, but that’s not relevant here because it’s not remotely related to a soldier refusing to follow illegal orders.)

A soldier following an illegal order may lead to people dying unnecessarily, so they are duty bound to not follow illegal orders. A doctor choosing to not treat patients because they don’t like something about them may lead to people dying unnecessarily, so they are duty bound to treat all patients.

A doctor’s agency does not supersede another’s right to live. A doctor doesn’t get to choose who lives or dies; and yes, even requiring that the doctor refer the patient to a different doctor would result in people dying.

A soldier’s job includes disobeying illegal orders. That’s the law. Try again.

We know when you lie. We can see uptime stats.