[duxup]

It doesn't make sense.

But they're in a country where the law also might not make sense.

Technical / administrative issues aside here I can understand how an individual might fear some sort of retaliation... even if the basis for it is absurd, the consequences could be very real.

[rjmunro]

Not exactly the same situation, but see what happened to Behdad Esfahbod, maker of Harfbuzz, which is used in Android, Chrome, Firefox and other things: https://medium.com/@behdadesfahbod/if-you-read-one-thing-fro...

[heliodor]

In every country there are laws that don't make sense. Yes, the same can be said for your own country. The quantity and ridiculousness can be argued, but there's no place on Earth that's "good", just "better". For any given person, they will have some disagreements regarding the body of law that applies to them.

[duxup]

>but there's no place on Earth that's "good", just "better".

I don't know what you mean by that. I get the rest, but not that.

[tikhonj]

I assume they're saying that, in an absolute sense, all systems of law are arbitrary and capricious. Some might be much better than others, but none are sufficiently fair or transparent to be "good".

The extent to which you agree with that is a question of political philosophy :).

[duxup]

I can't say I'm well versed in this idea but if people are creating the laws they've got some motivations and trigger for the law.... I think we can evaluate those on some sort of practicality / sense of justice or other scale rather than declare them all arbitrary.