The 'O' Word, the 'D' Word, & a Bright Light Slicing through the Proprietary Shadow Cast by Aliens

Uncle MythMan introduces ...

Jimmy wants to know ... lots of stuff. (How can something so tame be so illegal? How can something so right-feeling be so wrong? Are they still damned if doing what they aren't supposed to do is the only way to undo 'what they weren't supposed to do but did anyway'? etc.)