indeed for all seasons

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Have you ever seen the movie A Man for All Seasons? It is the story of Thomas More, who refused to bow down to the wishes of Henry VIII, and who lost his life because of it.

There is a scene between More and his future son-in-law that has often come up in blogs these days because it applies so well to what's going on in these early years of the 21st Century.

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: 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!