Please don't violate site guidelines by posting "gotcha" comments that misinterpret other posters. Find a charitable interpretation. It's a metaphor, following

Please don't violate site guidelines by posting "gotcha" comments that misinterpret other posters. Find a charitable interpretation. It's a metaphor, following the example of "bedfellows", which doesn't mean they are literally in bed together. Inmates and busineses alike are required to obey the government under threat of force.