Ok that's a good point. I guess I am too spoiled by modern mostly-making-sense laws and annoyed by the neverending "government is bad" rants. On the other hand

Ok that's a good point. I guess I am too spoiled by modern mostly-making-sense laws and annoyed by the neverending "government is bad" rants. On the other hand, public supported all those "bad" laws at the time ... But yeah, I was wrong, illegality on its own is wrong argument.