I'm not saying people should take the stand and say they're afraid... perhaps we have different interpretations of the quote from appleflaxen that was quoted an

I'm not saying people should take the stand and say they're afraid... perhaps we have different interpretations of the quote from appleflaxen that was quoted and that you responded to. Here it is: "You could argue that the authorities have presented you with a device that has had the password changed. If they actually do this do they just get to lock you up for however long they feel like?" I interpreted that quote to be used as potential horror story that could be created by compelled decryption. As such, the fear that story creates could make it used as an argument against compelled decryption ("if a court can compel you to decrypt your files, then $HORROR_STORY is possible! We need to all fight against compelled decryption!"). A good number of people will get behind that argument, even though (as you said) that argument depends on an "unlikely logical possibility". And those people using the fear of that horror story to dislike (and maybe even rally against) compelled decryption is what my point was about.