You said, "People do a lot worse things than jailbreak a phone." That implies there is something "wrong" with jailbreaking a phone, which is a moral judgement.
I am sure Apple will attempt to force JB community out of commission, which isn't quite difficult if they just go after Dev Team.
Legality aside, when you said "People do a lot worse things than jailbreak a phone.", that's reference to moral values. Again like I said, don't mix legal with moral.
Jailbreaking is "now" a legal issue, not moral related.
It's my phone, I bought it and I can do whatever the helll I want to it. Would anybody not install 3rd party applications on their Mac unless they are certified by Apple? Apple should have absolutley NO say in what I do with MY phone.