I’m not sure you’re interpreting that phrase in the way other people are. I think the standard interpretation of “ignorance is not an excuse” is “not being aware of a crime being illegal is not a legitimate defence if you commit that crime”.
You seem to be thinking more about freedom of information, or education?
It is just a higher level of abstraction with the overlying ethical principles and morality, like a conversation with an autocrat where their word is law.
I’m not sure you’re interpreting that phrase in the way other people are. I think the standard interpretation of “ignorance is not an excuse” is “not being aware of a crime being illegal is not a legitimate defence if you commit that crime”.
You seem to be thinking more about freedom of information, or education?
It’s a legitimate defense to some crimes. For example, in Texas it’s illegal to own more than 6 dildos.
Ha, it seems to be legit:
https://onwardtexas.org/trending/is-it-illegal-to-own-more-than-six-dildos-in-texas-yes-it-is/
Some reddit thread mentioned that it’s a good way to make it hard to run a sex store. Anyone know of any other rationale?
It is just a higher level of abstraction with the overlying ethical principles and morality, like a conversation with an autocrat where their word is law.