I disagree. Everyone who took it deserves the effects.

That's what sin is. Giving in and bending the knee to the wicked, doing the bidding of evil because it's easier. Go along to get along.

I don't expect anyone to be happy about it, I'm certainly not happy about it either. It's one of the most blatant acts of wickedness ever perpetrated, and those who concocted and pushed it are going to burn forever. But those who went along with it made their choice too.