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>It's okay for government representatives to threaten citizens for circumventing laws that are demonstrably foolish?

When they threaten citizens with arrest and a trial, yes. "Demonstrable foolishness" is not a get out of jail free card.*

*IANAL, but i'm pretty sure.



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