[RightWhale]

Even that is a response. If you were in a natural state there wouldn't be anyting to respond to. Whatever keeps the State uppermost in your mind keeps you involved in the ethical being.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Well, once they come to the door and question, you have no choice at that point but to respond in some fashion. Even refusing to talk to them is a response in a sense.

And, at the risk of sounding paranoid, I think there is always some bureaucrat looking to make an example of someone by ruining their life as an object lesson to the rest of us.