“the larger reality is that people will generally do what they want and can get away with; larger abstractions won't matter”

True enough. I realize that the gist of my argument is that this activity is morally wrong, if not morally indefensible. I don't expect such an argument to sway anyone, I'm just stating my own position. Anyone who actually gives an excrement about the moral aspect of it, will heed the dictates of their own moral compass, not mine....