I do agree that stealing is wrong, but you have to look at the whole situation.
The whole situation is: he's a thief. If he was interested in security, he'd have paid the bill. He thought stealing was funny and now he's the punchline to his own sorry joke. Now that's comedy gold.
I feel sorry for us because we get stuck with the weight of his stupidity in the press and popular opinion but, I've no sympathy for him.