"Perhaps he makes the EULA in order to satisy his consience." Perhaps that is the reason. If the intent was to prevent such use, it is clearly won't work. On the contrary, a few people are going to dishonor the request purely to express their disagreement. Human nature being what it is, telling people not to do something that you have no control over is almost guaranteeing that that they will do it, defeating the supposed purpose. I'm not disagreeing with the right to make such conditions and yes, it would be disrespectful to openly violate those wishes. One could argue that it would be disrespectful to do it, even in private. If nothing else, this little column has led to an interesting discussion of right and wrong and perhaps led people to think about their own feelings on them. That may not have been the purpose, but it's certainly not a bad one. I have to agree with Ratteler on one point. Touting one's tolerance while talking about "slapping the piss out of," people you disagree with seems like an obvious contradiction.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken