Interesting article indeed, but did he or did he not use the defense of "acting under orders"? As presented by 2 excerpts below: "This is not to say that Groe

Interesting article indeed, but did he or did he not use the defense of "acting under orders"? As presented by 2 excerpts below: "This is not to say that Groening attempts to hide behind the “acting under orders” defense. He does not present himself as a mindless automaton who would have followed any command given to him." "Additionally, he felt he was—using the words of the infamous Nazi post-war defense—acting under orders, and he attempts to defend himself with this analogy: “The first time a company of soldiers gets a volley of machine gun fire they don’t all get up and say, ‘We don’t agree with this—we’re going home.’” A little clarification would be nice.