I took a bunch flak for it, but the votes eventually turned positive. A day later EFF put out a statement that was much as I had written and the ACLU has done the same. I think I'm in fine company.

So, maybe there is hope? Maybe it isn't hopeless, so much as it is a battle that can't be won, merely sustained. They say the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. I suspect they are right. Also, I might just be imagining that quote, come to think of it. If they don't say it, they should.