“I was just following orders” was pointedly not allowed as a defense at Nuremburg.
Maybe, it should not be allowed, at least for high level government types. Ask yourself “how could all those atrocities in Germany occur” and then look at the craziness we’ve seen in America for so many decades now.
People in authority following orders, that’s why. Imagine.
What good is self-defense if you “can’t get away with it”? Might as well just go ahead and die. That’s what the writer probably wants to happen any way (if you are white), as the odds are that the perpetrator is going to be a black guy who only wants your stuff.
I mean if you don’t just have an innate sense that regardless of what the law says or what happened throughout history that someone in their 30s or 40s having sex with a 16 year old is wrong or at least abnormal, I can’t help you.
11/14/2025 2:19:08 PM PST
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Judgement at Nuremberg. A 1961 movie. It has Spencer Traci, an early role by William Shatner and the last movie role for Marlene Dietrich. Burt Lancaster has the best scene in the whole movie.