The parent poster is lamenting all of the "hey! If I did that I would go to jail!" comments. There are many things that the government can do that you can't by

The parent poster is lamenting all of the "hey! If I did that I would go to jail!" comments. There are many things that the government can do that you can't by law. I don't think that these statements in anyway state that it's ok for the government to overstep the restrictions put on the extra powers that it has.