[metmom]

I was going to say the same thing.

This is not reasonable at all. They is punishment and they are sending a message to the rest of us.

Comply and submit or else we’ll ruin you one way or another.

[dayglored]

Many decades ago, I worked for a computer company whose products were used in a wide range of applications, commercial, industrial, and military. One of our engineers, who was a committed pacifist, learned that our sales people had contracted for an application involving munitions testing. He objected, saying he could not in good conscience work on a project involving munitions.

He was given the opportunity to work on another project, but instead he chose to try to pressure our company to reject the contract, since he didn't want to work for a company that was involved with munitions, even on a different project. Hint: That's a losing battle.

He obviously lost that battle, but he wisely chose to quit and take another job, rather than be fired for refusal to do the job he was hired and paid to do. He found a company more to his liking, and did well.

The System has power to crush. The wise person gets out of the way of the crusher, and lives to fight another day, in a battle that can be won.