Well, one little detail you left out in that invalid analogy is that one is legal, the other is not.
I suppose my working for a paycheck is the equivalent of someone who robs banks. We're both trying to make money, right? It's all the same, right?
Yeah its illegal all right..LOL!
Its illegal on paper, in reality its done out in the open everyday while the government turns a blind eye to it.
Still the same principle though.