Originally Posted by
CVividasku
In French we have a saying that goes "to think is to start disobeying"
About military discipline, yes:
réfléchir, c’est commencer à désobéir. Or as Marshal Lyautey put it,
lorsque les talons claquent, les cerveaux se ferment – “when the heels click, the brains close themselves.” But surely pilots are allowed to think – even in the army?