Right, so the trick is not to fall into the false-dichotomy trap. Chesterson's Fence tells if you if you don't understand it's purpose, it's probably not safe to remove. That does not imply that if you do understand it's purpose you can now do whatever you want. Chesterson's Fence doesn't tell you anything about when it's safe to remove, only one category of situations where it probably isn't. But that could be an easy misconception.
