Shunter
There's a lot of truth in what you say.
I don't suggest it necessarily applies to this thread (SD made the point factually and neutrally), but I've never ceased to be amazed by the speed with which it is quite often suggested that some activity or other is illegal, nor by the ingenuity some PPRuNers exhibit in coming up with tortuous reasoning to support their assertion that something is illegal even though it appears not to be.
For some reason, far more effort tends to be expended thinking of reasons why something is illegal than why it's not.
And even when something is against the law but trivial, there are always some who think every breach of the law should be prosecuted, however trivial.
Keef
That the law is obsolete and silly is not in dispute.
One contributor to the thread appears not to agree.
FL