"The issue is their freedom to do things, not your freedom to police them."

">I've been reading so many posts on this thread and others where people are talking about the freedom to hack their TiVo system. I am with you on the freedom part, but I'm a bit confused about what exactly we are demanding to do with that freedom? > . > My question is this: What sort of "improvements" is everyone so adamant about making?

"It's kind of like responding to someone who says "Any sexual stuff that consenting adults get up to in private is their business" by saying "Well, that's all fine, but just what kind of sex would we be talking about here? What if they did stuff I think is freaky? What if they were both guys? What if . . . " without realizing that the point is, it's their business how freaky it is. They're the ones consenting and doing, ergo it's their freedom at issue, not yours...."

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