tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post7624090431346952398..comments2024-03-28T09:06:56.994-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Yesterday was the birthday for the Bill of RightsFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-78161368873261132792016-12-29T05:51:24.829-08:002016-12-29T05:51:24.829-08:00That may be my favorite part of that movie, and I&...That may be my favorite part of that movie, and I'd forgotten it. Thanks for the reminder, it's perfect.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-49695211751967066142016-12-28T21:28:50.456-08:002016-12-28T21:28:50.456-08:00Re the shoe-on-the-other-foot business. There is a...Re the shoe-on-the-other-foot business. There is a telling exchange in "A Man for All Seasons" between William Roper and Sir Thomas More:<br /><br /><b>William Roper (Corin Redgrave):</b> So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!<br /><b>Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield):</b> Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?<br /><b>William Roper:</b> Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!<br /><b>Sir Thomas More:</b> Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!<br /><br />Stupid Leftists; now the Devil (to them) has turned round on them and there's nowhere to hide, having cut down all the laws.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.com