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If you steal a loaf of bread to feed your family it's still a crime.

Regardless of whether or not you think what he did was justified it's still illegal. And there's very few serious crimes for which "publicity stunt" will generally be regarded as a good reason.




> it's still illegal.

Screw the law. Thinking that right/moral == legal is a very naive view of the world.




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