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...Obey or Not. In a heated colloquy about the many variables in the child-parent relationship, Paul insists that when two parents disagree about a child's desires, the youngster's obligation is to the parent who opposes him. Jonathan disagrees: "Once you say go against what you want to do, that's everything. You have no principle related to right and wrong." But the older man is not really that dogmatic; he has already explained that though a young child cannot be expected to make the ethical decisions his son calls principle, an older child...
...they." When he was not immediately arrested, he called the Government "derelict in its duty." As for Spock, he told the reporters swarming through his East Side apartment that he hoped "100,000, 200,000 or even 500,000 young Americans either refuse to be drafted or to obey orders if in military service...
...that doesn't mean everyone should go about breaking all the laws that one wants to break. I didn't say 'want,' I said 'morally convinced is wrong.' If you were thoughtful, you would probably agree with most laws and obey them. Certainly traffic laws should be obeyed; it's stupid to break those...
...Premier Constantine Karamanlis had heated up the political climate by calling on the junta to step down. Politicians on both the right and left sent the King secret assurances of their support, should he make a move. His advisers, mostly retired generals, assured him that the military would obey his commands. Furthermore, Constantine sensed a growing threat to what was left of his royal power. He may also have feared that the new constitution that was being prepared under junta guidance would strip the crown of the power of appointing and dismissing Premiers, the King's most potent prerogative...
...setting liquor rules and women's visiting hours for clubs but not in overseeing the selection of club members. The University cannot say that it is neutral in the affairs of private clubs if it sets social rules, the 13 argued, so they would not sign an agreement to obey those rules, required of all club members. Colonial is an influential club, and if the resignations had not been so untimely, it is clear that other clubs would have followed the Bicker boycott...