[blml] ...have we really come to this??? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Steve Willner]

> From: "Tim West-Meads" <twm at cix.co.uk>
> As with the military, it is the TD alone who can make a decision as to
> whether a specific "order" is legal.  If he genuinely believes it is not
> I think "disobey and pray one is later found in the right" is the correct
> course.  Similar cases arise in civil/company law (following a company
> regulation which one knows breaches the law of the land is still an
> offence).

One definition of "profession" (as opposed to "job" or "trade") is an 
occupation where the standards of conduct are set by the profession 
itself rather than the employer.  Doctors, lawyers, and accountants, 
among others, fall into this category (as several prominent accounting 
companies have recently found, to their cost).  It seems to me TD is a 
profession in this sense, but I don't suppose everyone will agree.