The real reason for so many laws

Recently the creator of that now infamous anti-muslim video has been arrested but not for the making of the video.  Instead authorities decided it was time to bring him in for violating his 2010 check fraud probation terms.  Of course, the government has no power to convict a person for making a bad movie (and its bad in both content and quality), but without much effort they were able to find something to haul him into jail for.

Before I continue, let it be known I care very little about Mark Youssef (the producer of the film) because he earned his living by producing porn videos so he is no saint by any means. But even so, his story needs to be discussed because he is being made an example of for the rest of us to consider and the message is clear: Be careful what you say for the federal government can find something to haul you into court for as well.  For it is of no consequence to the government that you are sitting in a 6x9 cell for probation violations or for voicing your opinion.  A cell is a cell and a prisoner is a prisoner.  Either way, you are inside the cell and they are outside.

This reminds me of a part in the book "Atlas Shrugged" where Hank Rearden is brought before a court for breaking a government regulation.  A government official tells him that the purpose of having a large number of laws on the books is not to make people law abiding, but instead make all citizens "law breakers".  For by having so many laws, no citizen could possibly be innocent of them all and therefore they can be controlled by the state whenever needed.

Can anyone of us know for certain that we have not broken some law now on the books?  Can we sleep at night knowing for sure we dotted all of our I's and crossed all of our T's on our 1040's or our many other government documents?    I don't think so.

To me, the addition of every new law we write does not serve to protect us, the citizen, but instead is to protect the government from us.