If there's one thing that the study of ethics has consistently proven is that people will rationalize and bend their ethical code to fit their behavior and not

If there's one thing that the study of ethics has consistently proven is that people will rationalize and bend their ethical code to fit their behavior and not change their behavior to live up to their ethical code. There are notable exceptions, but I'm generalizing on purpose. So, when the same people get upset about FunnyJunk "stealing" content from TheOatmeal and then torrent Game of Thrones, they have to adapt their ethical code from "copyright infringement is bad" to "infringing upon an individual's copyright is different from infringing upon a corporation's copyright" or "HBO won't let me consume their media in the way that I want when I want it, so I'm just going to torrent it"