Sure, I could caveat my arguments down to nothing (unless you live in a authoriatrian government, unless you're an investigative journalist whose livelihood and sources would be threatened by your arrest, unless you're 9months pregant and cannot in good conscience undergo even imagined stress, etc. etc.) Or I could simply say "Do the Right Thing", give the base rate, and let you handle the nuances for your situation.
This is why my follow-up was a critique of cynicism. Perhaps I could've said that sometimes cynicism is well earned; there ARE people that in shitty situations where cynicism is warranted. But the vast majority of the people on HN reading that comment? Nah dawg. NGL this thread feels peak HN "well ackshully". I cannot speak in a way that is 100% correct for all people at all times.
Sure, jaywalking is not a crime in some areas. Engage with the steelman of my argument dude, don't just find the weakest example out of ~5 and go after it.