This defense of crooks on the basis that the system is broken is a bit ridiculous. The morality of their behavior is an independent issue. It's possible that th

This defense of crooks on the basis that the system is broken is a bit ridiculous. The morality of their behavior is an independent issue. It's possible that the system is broken and also the people who exploit those flaws are assholes. By analogy, insecure software is both common and also often inexcusable. Incentives are not aligned to encourage secure software. That's a real structural problem. But those problems don't make credit card theft morally permissible. Also, I think what Martin does should be illegal. And also that the behavior is reprehensible even when it's not illegal. Criticism and action aren't mutually exclusive...