R: So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law? M:Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? R: I’d cut down every law in England to do that! M: Oh? And, when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you – where would you hide the laws all being flat?

This from A Man for All Seasons keeps coming to mind as the red lines are crossed, human rights obliterated, and war crimes go unpunished and de facto endorsed by the US/UK/Germany etc.

I've been meaning to re-watch that! Maybe I'll watch with the puppy tonight