Basic Trope: A bad guy has lines even he won't cross, and detests those who do. * Straight: A murdering drug dealer beats a rapist to death with his own S&M paddle, because Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil. * Exaggerated: The bad guy has a very long list of things he will not do, to the point that he is ineffectual as a bad guy. * Justified: * The line in question is rather serious for obvious logical reasons, such as specifically targeting the innocent children of opponents for death (and thus bringing up Pragmatic Villainy concerns). * The Villain is a Well-Intentioned Extremist and really does have standards and adheres to them religiously, even though he does other horrifyingly evil things in the name of his cause. * This also foreshadows the Harmless Villain in the