It can be inferred from the passage that English judges would be likely to find the veterans' group discussed in the second paragraph guilty of violating the statute because A. not to do so would encourage others to act as the group did B. not to do so would be to violate the substantive reasons underlying the law C. the veterans failed to comply with the substantive purpose of the statute D. the veterans failed to demonstrate that their activities had no adverse effect on the public E. the veterans failed to comply with the stipulated requirements of the statute