Camille's argument was that the military was "refusing to submit to civilian leadership like free civilized nations".
There are several flaws with this argument:
1. The military ARE under civilian rule. They are United States Armed Forces personnel under the Constitution of the United States of America.
2. Destiny is not a nation or society. It is the evacuation site for a base run by the US military.
3. The Scientists and few civilians (with the exception of Camille) on Destiny are employees of the US government, many via the US Military, and under said nation's protection. This is the same situation as on the military research base that contacted Destiny to begin with, from which they evacuated.
4. Camille is a Civilian Oversight representative, not a Civilian leader like the Senator was, and thus has little actual authority.
5. None of the civilians have any qualification for any sort of actual leadership.
Camille's argument utilized a total distortion of reality to make a case for the organized military force on the ship to yield in subservience to a rag-tag group of civilian refugees.
This argument was unfounded, endangered the crew, and instigated a violent confrontation.
There are several flaws with this argument:
1. The military ARE under civilian rule. They are United States Armed Forces personnel under the Constitution of the United States of America.
2. Destiny is not a nation or society. It is the evacuation site for a base run by the US military.
3. The Scientists and few civilians (with the exception of Camille) on Destiny are employees of the US government, many via the US Military, and under said nation's protection. This is the same situation as on the military research base that contacted Destiny to begin with, from which they evacuated.
4. Camille is a Civilian Oversight representative, not a Civilian leader like the Senator was, and thus has little actual authority.
5. None of the civilians have any qualification for any sort of actual leadership.
Camille's argument utilized a total distortion of reality to make a case for the organized military force on the ship to yield in subservience to a rag-tag group of civilian refugees.
This argument was unfounded, endangered the crew, and instigated a violent confrontation.
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