&gt; No one doubts that most regulation has been created with good intentions.<p>This is flatly false.  Many of us believe that the vast majority of &quot;regulation&quot; is made in a corporatistic, profiteering mode.<p>...so much so that, when a perhaps quite reasonable regulation, such as this one, comes along, it is necessary to evaluate whether it is a boy crying wolf.<p>And that sucks.<p>&gt; Problems start when the interest of those creating the regulations are not aligned with the population.<p>It&#x27;s also possible that it&#x27;s just the <i>nature</i> of government power, and has nothing to do with the interests of the individuals ostensibly involved.