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It is legal to smoke. It is legal to go into a restaurant. However, it is not legal to go into a restaurant and smoke.
That's neither arbitrary nor ridiculous, it actually makes a lot of sense.
I will agree with you that often if not always, rules come with a background shady agenda behind them, such as this one being about mass surveillance.
But it is critically important to understand the purpose of things before disregarding them.
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It is legal to smoke. It is legal to go into a restaurant. However, it is not legal to go into a restaurant and smoke.
That's neither arbitrary nor ridiculous, it actually makes a lot of sense.
I will agree with you that often if not always, rules come with a background shady agenda behind them, such as this one being about mass surveillance.
But it is critically important to understand the purpose of things before disregarding them.