Is that a situation that would actually come up very often? Doing something you don't know is bad, but couldn't stop doing if you did? I can't think of any examples off the top of my head.
Well, I expect it comes up more often in an agricultural society composed of a despised minority group. :p
But it strikes me as more likely to be argued as the basis for other rulings. Looking around, it looks like the original wording was about Shabbat observance, and (translated) says, "Leave the Jewish people alone, and do not rebuke them. It is better that they be unwitting in their halakhic violations and that they not be intentional sinners, for if they are told about these prohibitions they may not listen anyway," which is a bit more limited than the other book I was reading made it out to be.
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But it strikes me as more likely to be argued as the basis for other rulings. Looking around, it looks like the original wording was about Shabbat observance, and (translated) says, "Leave the Jewish people alone, and do not rebuke them. It is better that they be unwitting in their halakhic violations and that they not be intentional sinners, for if they are told about these prohibitions they may not listen anyway," which is a bit more limited than the other book I was reading made it out to be.
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