不是要說北韓核試，而是延續這幾天要說的法治問題。
不知道讀者還記不記得紅潮風暴？
情節大概是這樣，來自MilPub：
[T]he story of a conflict between an “Old Navy” nuclear sub commander and his “New Navy” XO when faced with a “coin toss” decision as to whether or not a nuke salvo should be launched. The CO states that they will launch, as their last successfully received message said so, and the XO says there is reason to think that a garbled subsequent message could be a launch cancellation…the XO ultimately “relieving” the CO and taking command, cancelling the launch order…the officers and men of the boat are cast as “taking sides” in the conflict, debating wheter to launch or not.
[I]t is the Chief of the Boat who makes the most profound statement. When the XO thanks him for supporting the XO’s decision to “relieve” the Captain, the COB simply said, “I did not side with you sir. I side with the Navy, and the Navy says there must be CO and XO agreement to launch. By the book, that means no launch, no matter what I think.”…
…[A]mongst all the moral and ethical debate of the consequences of either option, most people miss how significant this one statement by the COB really was. The only “lawful order”, by the book, was not to launch. Any further ethical, tactical or strategic debate over potential outcomes, was irrelevant.
簡單的翻譯：在紅潮風暴中，潛艇指揮官與副指揮官要就一則來自總指揮的通訊而決定要不要向當時的蘇聯發射核彈。因爲通訊一度受到中斷，訊息可能有命令不發射的可能，導致指揮官與副指揮官不能達到共識。副指揮官解除了指揮官的職務，並阻止核彈發射，他去感謝水手長對他做出的支持，水手長就說：「我沒有支持你，我支持的是海軍。海軍說要指揮官與副指揮官意見一致時才能發射。根據規則，這代表不能發射，不管我怎麽想。」MilPub的Aviator47認爲，只要規則規定，惟一合法的命令就是不能發射，其他的道德、戰術或戰略的考慮都是無關重要的。
我們可以用這個原則來衡量練乙錚這事件。只要法律上説明梁振英有權、有道理以個人身份提出起訴，根據規定他就有權提出起訴，其他的道德、政治、練乙錚與輿論對不對都無關重要。
有人可能會說這是否代表所有法律都要接受，而且我也提出法律並非絕對的觀點。沒錯，法律/規則不是絕對的，但提出不需要遵守法律的人也得提出法律在這場合爲什麽不對，爲什麽不需要遵守法律的論述來。另外，他也得説明法律爲什麽要有這樣的規定，法律中有否有效的保護機制，例如actual malice, qualified privilege等，去防止濫用。假如他不能合理說清法律上有什麽不合理的地方，那「惟一合法的命令」就是依照現有規則行事。
如果要提出公民抗命，提議者需說明法律錯在什麽地方。如此，他所針對的只能是法律制度，而不是梁振英或練乙錚；梁振英或練乙錚怎樣只是整個論述的其中一個環。
回到紅潮風暴，道德、戰術或戰略的考慮都是無關重要是因爲海軍規則的目的是要防止誤發核彈而造成無可挽回的重大損害。在這個場合中，就算美國本土真的受到蘇聯襲擊，海軍艦隻也得按照海軍規則行事。根據這項原則，奧巴馬以無人機在境外殺害涉嫌參與恐怖活動的美國公民的政策也是嚴重違反了法治原則。
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