[lotsofmangos]

I provided a valid example. It was admittedly a bit of a rubbish example, but then it was intended to be. But nevertheless, a story about a two year old learning about agency, as in, concepts of personal choice and consequence of action, is an example much better suited to the context of whether lawyers should send out strongly worded cease and desist letters when their clients tell them to, than relying on the court response to the Nuremburg defense in the face of genocide.

[madez]

    I provided a valid example.

No, you did not.

I asked for "a better example where personal responsibility was officially upheld". Your example was explaining a child agency, which _does not_ include officially upholding personal responsibility.

Furthermore, I did not draw any comparison between the Nuremberg Trials and the case in question, but used them only to substantiate my argument for personal responsibility. Reread what I wrote if you are doubting.

Don't assume everybody does cheap puns and invalidly makes up connections between what was said. If I mean it, I say so.

[lotsofmangos]

I asked for "a better example where personal responsibility was officially upheld".

Add an adult to the story then. Hell, add a teacher, knock yourself out. For making the point of not merely doing as instructed though and having personal responsibility, this need for official confirmation in the metaphor seems awfully weird.

Don't assume everybody does cheap puns and invalidly makes up connections

I didn't, I said I thought you were probably being unintentionally funny.

[madez]

    Add an adult to the story then. Hell, add a teacher, knock yourself out.

I don't know a better example. If I had one, I wouldn't have asked. In my experience people defend themselves by saying they were told to do it or that there are laws forcing them.

    For making the point of not merely doing as instructed though
    and having personal responsibility, this need for official
    confirmation in the metaphor seems awfully weird.

There are lot of things we might think that should be, but many are not officially recognized. Having my point officially recognized is essential for its substance.

It is not a metaphor.

However, I think we were just misunderstanding each other. My question was serious and genuine.