Tropa de Elite, released internationally as Elite Squad in 2007 and directed by José Padilha, became one of Brazil's most quoted films, with lines from its police and university scenes turned into everyday slang. Diogo Fraga, the idealistic law professor in the story, is the source of this particular quote. As Brazilian meme pages and soundboards spread short film excerpts, the line was clipped on its own and reused far from its original debate, becoming a ready made reaction for any group seen as hopeless, corrupt or embarrassing.