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Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli? by duxup on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:41AM (#24365104)
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.

Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli? by rjmunro on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:10PM (#24365499)
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...
Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli? by heliodor on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:49AM (#24365196)
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.
Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli? by duxup on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:50AM (#24365219)
>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.

Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli? by tikhonj on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:10PM (#24365505)
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 :).

Re:Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli? by duxup on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:28PM (#24365703)
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.