You missed the point with your flawed analogy. We're not talking idiotic "obscenity" laws-- we're talking theft of services, as has been pointed out very clearly. There is no logical relationship.

And personally, when I check into a hotel that provides unsecured wifi there's a prearranged agreement that I am entitled to that service. Same goes for other businesses. On the other hand, I'm not some freeloading lowlife who's going to squat on the sidewalk and glom onto service to which I'm not entitled. I have no problem with paying for services rendered, overtly or tacitly.

Quite frankly, I don't understand this bizarre mentality that everything should be free regardless of its original cost. Maybe in some hippie utopia, but not in capitalist societies...

I actually think it's great when people do this. However, I would recommend you name the ap something that makes its openness obvious.

I tried leaving mine open for a while, too-- but one of my neighbors decided that I made a great fulltime service provider and he freely tacked his entire network onto mine. Once he got comfortable, I pulled the plug. Unfortunately, he was putting too much a drain on performance.