[free-sklyarov] Better analogy

[Ross Brattain]

Apologies if someone has already mentioned this.

Instead of the lock-picking analogy I prefer to think of a window breaking 
analogy.

Consider a brick/rock/baseball.  They all can break windows.
Who creates them?  Brickmaker/God/Sporting Goods Manufacturer.  Do we put them 
in jail?  Do baseballs have non-infringing uses?  When a baseball breaks a
window is that always criminal?  When you break a window with a baseball does
that mean you are going to steal something?  Is it illegal to tell people that
you can break a window with a baseball.  No, that is inferred from 
understanding the nature of glass.  Are windows really used as security 
devices?  Yes, bulletproof glass is an example.  Do you always have to break 
windows?  Not unless they open otherwise.  Do windows really control what you 
can do.  No you can see through them.

I hope this helps.

Forgive any errors, it's late.

Ross Brattain
ross at principia.edu