Originally Posted by Iconoclast
I fear it is becoming "Lord of the Flies."

So many applicable quotes:
"Maybe there is a beast....maybe it's only us."
"Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!"
"after all we aren't savages really..."
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
or...
"The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player."