[mythtv-users] QAM Decrypt?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 2, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:53:14PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
>>> In the long run, it subverts the Rule Of Law and will eventually  
>>> lead
>>> to the Second American Revolution.
>>
>> Not sure I'd go that far. One must pick which ditch you are wiling to
>> die in, and I don't think I would be willing to take up arms in order
>> to watch a crappy movie.
>
> Yes, but that's not my point.
>
> We make more and more things *illegal* at the behest of corporations,
> which people are going to do anyway (violating Juvenals quote, found  
> on
> the doorsill of the Supreme Court, IIRC: "The will of the people is  
> the
> highest law"), and the outcome of this is that people become less and
> less concerned about laws, generally.  It's a very long slow process,
> but I see evidence that it has, in fact, been happening.
>
> It's inevitable, really, once the people we elect to govern us cease  
> to
> be hardcore about ethics, rule of law, and the Constitution...
>

It's working so far. I read recently that over 1% of American adults  
are incarcerated, presumable for violating some sort of law.

That makes us #1 in incarcerating our citizens, and also presumably #1  
in spending to support them.

beww