I see that this has been downvoted, without a response. Given how HN works, I understand that this must have been by a third party. Given the lack of response, I can only infer that this third party either believes:

* that the country would be in the wrong in this circumstance;

* that this is not analogous to the behaviour of those who come to Stack Overflow expecting it to work differently from how it actually works.

But without a response, I'm unable to understand the thought process behind either belief.