I can't agree with that view, governments can really use extreme measures to punish for using bitcoin. It used to be like that in Soviet Union, with any foreign currency (USD, deutchland marks, etc.). If  they found it in your place (always hidden, you wouldn't keep it without hiding it, but it rarely helped when you were denunciated by your friend or family member - sure it happened too) you were very severly punished with one way trip to Syberia for 10 or 25 years included.