[MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
Blind obedience to a non-blind obedience stance can be degenerate. There 
are times, especially in war, when blind obedience to orders is crucial to 
success.

[Arlo]
"Blind obedience to a non-blind obedience stance"? This doesn't even make 
rhetorical sense. What I've said, if anything like this, is that "blind 
obedience to static social patterns" always leads to degenerate behavior 
("killing in the name of..."). And, although you are correct, the military 
functions through demanding blind obedience to orders, there are times when 
Good men must decline orders. In other words, there are times, even in war, 
when disobedience to orders is crucial to morality. Your way of thinking, 
"There are times, especially in war, when blind obedience to orders is 
crucial to success" could have been the motto for the Third Reich.