[Sirtel]

Here is a hypothetical situation.

There is a fire in the house of my neighbor. Their small child is home alone and cannot get the door open to escape - it's locked. What shall I do?

Variant 1 - I call the firemen. Because the law forbids breaking and entering other people's property without their permission (which the child cannot give, being in shock and not capable of thinking rationally). One must obey the law, always and everywhere. The result is that the child dies before the firemen arrive. But I'm innocent of any legal wrongdoing.

Variant 2 - I break the door down and get the child out. The result is that I'm now a criminal by the letter of the law, but the child is alive.

Yes, it has nothing to do with the current topic, but that's what can result from thinking that one must always obey the letter of the law, no matter what.