在总体上肯定公务员有权不服从上级违法命令的基础上，仍然有些问题需要探讨。
Civil servants have the rights to disobey illegal orders from the superior. But more issues are needed to discuss.
1973年，在洛杉矶，一名秘书因为拒绝泡咖啡，而被公司以“缺乏能力、不服从上级指示、未能按指示完成工作”为由辞退了。
In Los Angeles in 1973, one Leonor Pendleton was fired for "incompetence, insubordination and failure to comply with job instructions" after refusing to make coffee.
然而，几周后的一个星期五下午，伍德尔被他的上司叫到办公室并被告之他被解雇了，而且除了“不服从上级”这点之外没有其他任何解雇理由。
But a few weeks later Woodle was called to his boss's office on a Friday afternoon and fired without explanation, beyond "insubordination."
“这是一封很简短的信，”他回忆说，“只有短短的几行字，信里面表示最近有很多关于我和秘书间的绯闻在流传，我立刻明白这是一个对我不服从上级命令的书面警告。”
Just a couple of lines. It indicated there had been rumors of an affair between me and the terminal secretary and that this was a written warning for insubordination.
“这是一封很简短的信，”他回忆说，“只有短短的几行字，信里面表示最近有很多关于我和秘书间的绯闻在流传，我立刻明白这是一个对我不服从上级命令的书面警告。”
Just a couple of lines. It indicated there had been rumors of an affair between me and the terminal secretary and that this was a written warning for insubordination.
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