From the comments here, it seems people have not studied any philosophy and are treating these folks as selfish and thieving You might want to go reread those

From the comments here, it seems people have not studied any philosophy and are treating these folks as selfish and thieving You might want to go reread those philosophy books that you tout so mightily. The subject at hand is a thief by any definition of the word. Comparing him to, say, the Buddha is unskilled thinking at best.