Soldierly Honesty (and spies)

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Landwalker

Just for the sake of taking the "conflict of laws" ad absurdum, consider this:

In the United States, the law requires you to drive on the right side of the road.

In the United Kingdom, the law requires you to drive on the left side of the road.

Now, obviously, common sense alone would seem to make this a non-issue. However, as it is being argued here, an Honest American who went to the UK would, in the face of conflicting laws between his home country and the country he is visiting, drive on the right side of the road.

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American law only requires you drive on the right side on American roads. There is no conflict there.