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Eric Sasaki <esasaki@area1s232.residence.gatech.edu> wrote:
: >Ah, I suppose you support a ban on the sale of spray paint, then?

: Sure, in areas where grafitti is high.  Or tax it so that it is 
: prohibitively expensive to use, tending to make it expensive for taggers.

Ah.  Okay, I was just checking to see if you're one of those folks who 
thinks that limiting law-abiding citizens' freedoms because of the actions 
of a small group of criminals is okay.  

: >Brian "Get out of here with that prior restraint shit" Trosko

: What?  Do you work for a company that makes these descramblers?

Nope. I work for a company that sells satellite systems.

:   You've got
: to be kidding if you don't admit that most people who use these things don't
: bother to tell their cable company that they are doing so...

I don't give a flying fuck what 'most people' do with those things.  
There's a totally legitimate market for them, and any action that limits 
the freedoms of those who abide by the law solely in order to curtail the 
actions of a far smaller segment of the population is anathema to the 
ideals of a free society.

In short, if someone's using a cable box to pirate a signal, and you catch 
their ass, take their money or throw them into jail.  But if they're not 
using it for that, or don't plan to use them for that, leave them the fuck 
alone.  You know, all that 'innocent until proven guilty' stuff that our 
legal system is based on is there for a reason.

I really have no idea where this discussion started, but I'll try to trim 
followups from groups that are utterly irrelevant.

Brian "I know it's a pain in the ass sometimes, but..." Trosko
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Meek" will jabber and die like brain-damaged rats in a maze, long  
before they will ever have time to even think about inheriting the  
goddamn Earth..." - Hunter S. Thompson