I think that it needs to be understood that nobody is perfect. Nobody is saying that they are. Most everyone does something that they "shouldn't".
The difference here being that most are willing to accept that what they're doing is the wrong thing to do.
There's a large difference between someone who does something wrong and understands that it's wrong, as opposed to someone who does something wrong but defends publically that it's still okay to do it and not wrong at all.
The first is dishonest and I dare most most everyone has been dishonest at some stage in their lives. The second is just plain idiotic.
What annoys me is those who attempt to justify dishonesty as being "right". What's even more annoying is those that point to other dishonest people (or dishonest acts) and attempt to use that as justification that doing the wrong thing really is okay. If that's the case, then where does it stop? Is murder something that we can point at and say "Hey, he did it, therefore it's okay for me to kill someone too?"
Again, there's a difference between understanding the difference between right and wrong and choosing to do something that's wrong, and committing a wrongful act and choosing to believe that it was the right thing to do.
People who like to defend their dishonesty always seem to lose that distinction when plying their pitiful defence. If it's wrong, then be a big enough person to admit it and accept it, and not be a total weasel about it.
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