One of my favorite quotes used to be "it's not illegal until you get caught". Kinda one of those tree falling in the woods philosophical thingies.

I recall an old axiom comparing a democracy to tyranny, goes something like this:

In a democracy, anything is allowed that is not specifically prohibited.

In a tyranny, everything is prohibited that is not specifically allowed.

Given the propogation of the laws and regulations in this country, it seems we are creeping ever closer to the latter. It might now be a shorter list in this country to identify all that we can freely do anymore.