I don't know if you perhaps have an extremely diplomatic outlook, or if it's HN's new negativity rules, or maybe you're just British, but I'm chuckling at your

I don't know if you perhaps have an extremely diplomatic outlook, or if it's HN's new negativity rules, or maybe you're just British, but I'm chuckling at your "having a bit of difficulty empathizing" quote here. I think you can go ahead and say that the law is broken and stupid.