Blind Obedience is Insanity
@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
Philippines
February 27, 2013 10:30pm CST
Normal people was given the choice to think what is for bad and what is good for him. In military and in some organization there are what we call blind obedience, wherein right or wrong you must do it. But for me as long as a person is normal and is capable of thinking of what is right and what is wrong, blind obedience is insanity.
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@else22 (4317)
• India
28 Feb 13
Agree.I am fortunate to have parents who gave me the freedom to do what I want.They never imposed anything on me.They never forced me to do what they wanted me to do.They always asked me to follow my own conscience.Even in religious matters I was free to do what I thought was right and logical.
But so far as obidience in military is concerned,I think blind obedience is a quality there.You have to obey your superiors,and I think it is necessary.Otherwise the military can't defend the country.
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@else22 (4317)
• India
6 Mar 13
You have really given me a new approach to think over the topic.I agree with you. I think,in military we devote ourselves to defending our country and find for the sake of our country.So we have no other choice here.But what about obedience to our parents and our teachers?
@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
Blind obedience we mean, is an obedience to things where we are given a choice to think and do what is right for us to do and not to those where we have no choice to opposed for we have a pledged of commitment to accomplish. In Military they have what we call a pledged of commitment and or a pledged of loyalty to do things for the common good of the people. The pledged of that loyalty is what their commander did and that they must have to follow
@Megafunky (98)
• India
28 Feb 13
yea i have watched some army movies where soldiers have to obey their superior neglecting their own insight. it is tough and difficult to do what he feels is wrong. But its their job as in real life you can't go rogue and disobey them.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Feb 13
I also think that we should do the right thing and not whatever we are told to do. We do have a brain for a reason.
However, sometimes when someone warns of of some danger and it comes from someone that we trust, we might heed the warning quickly before we have time to analyze the situation.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Feb 13
Very sound reasoning my friend and I couldn't agree with you more. We also have a brain to check the reliability of someone. We should do our own due diligence. We shoe then trust them unless they give us a reason to doubt them. 
Example: I love and trusted my wife until she cheated on me.
Example: I love and trusted my wife until she cheated on me.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
28 Feb 13
I agree in that if we trust the source, we are relying on it to tell us the truth. We have already done the research and made a decision with our own brains to follow direction.
If the speedo on our car is reliable in the past then we would not count telephone polls against a stop watch but rely on our experence to adhere to a limitation.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
28 Feb 13
Obeying against your better judgment could really make you insane and forever guilty about what one person has done. But what can a person do if it was the only choice he needs to do?
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@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
There is always a choice the world is wide and full of opportunities the reason why he became insane is that she don't think and work hard to meet what himself want to acquire in the future instead she let others monopolize her healthy mind into a position with no recourse. Example we meet in person I got interested in you and I want thrill I seduce you and let yourself in, without thinking your future without knowing that one's you taste the fruit of a sudden emotion hard to explain. Then you find it hard to get out, for all you know you will be used to it and that is insanity you disregard the good opportunity that you should have accomplish for you became a slave to your want of desire for lust.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
28 Feb 13
There may be an exception when we talk about officer material. Making decisions is part of any activity and it is a sane practice to exercise that. Giving up your desire to simply obey is giving absolute trust in someone else that is for sure.
What if leaders are not present though doesn't the military want thinking soldiers? I always wondered what would happen if the head guy at the base of the truck wasn't there to yell, move it, move it, move it. Would the truck not empty? 
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@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
28 Feb 13
I agree. But while doing a job we are in need to obey superrior's commands even though it is not good. There is nothing wrong in pointing out the mistakes of our superriors. But still they force us to do it, we are in need to fulfill their wish and do the work without interest due to the obedience.
@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
It is true for being an employee or a personnel of somebody you are obliged to do things on their on way by that your priority is job for you to accomplish and for you to stay alive for a living and if you disobey the order then you have the option to resigned for you will be a liability to the plan and program of the person or Corporation you are working during Office, you are not of your person as it was, for you will be govern by a certain rules to perform.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Mar 13
I have I av friend whose dad was in the police. He was telling stories about their superiors b and that they had to obey them when they asked them to so something. They cannot question it nor oppose their superiors.
For me I could never live like b that and I understand this exists in some organizations such as b the military but if that is the case I would just not go that Route. I would not want that so I won't go into a career that would oblige me to be obedient without questions.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
28 Feb 13
We can't blame certain quarters of society who out of duties and obligations have vowed to stay allegiance to their commander in chief. They have been trained and drilled to think and accept iron fist commands thus making them like robotic beings that no ordinary layman could fully understand.
