well.....if you go against it then you pay the consequences...in hindsight we see many things wrong..when you give me your crystal ball, then I may be in agreeance..sorry you had to spoil the story and turn Ole' Jim in.....
The consequences for doing the right thing, from the perspective of History, are generally less severe than the consequences of doing the wrong thing or, in the case of a certain governor of a certain state, doing nothing....