I agree in the sense that I did not express myself very clearly resulting in the tone of my post not following the Principle of Charity. I corrected myself in

I agree in the sense that I did not express myself very clearly resulting in the tone of my post not following the Principle of Charity. I corrected myself in a sub post, but still think I could have done better even in that correction. So thanks for pointing this out so I learn to communicate more charitably next time. But I disagree that the subthread is off topic and resulted in digressive snits. The topic of the thread from the start is about regulations, lame regulations and response to them. I think my posts stuck to the topic. I felt we were having thoughtful discourse on an important topic, although I didn't appreciate the sarcasm on icelander's part, but given my uncharitable first post, perhaps it was deserved. So for example, rayiner's comment is also about whether following the law is right. > And if everybody else has to follow those laws, why should your friend's place be any different?