It is, CD, and what they are showing is you would not be able to do anything about it if the number making the demand was overwhelming.  Normal "rules" have been suspended.  You can travel without documents.  You can ride on trains without tickets.  The precedent is set and will be very, very hard to reverse.  

Lola, tightening laws will make no odds, surely?  It is the weight of numbers that sweeps all before it.