Advantage play / cheating / crime....where is the line?

[mickeycrimm]

Look we are going in circles here. This is theft. You guys are comfortable with the play and are saying you would do it or in the case of Rob, do it again. That's fine. It is still theft and still wrong. You are just ok with it.

I'll tell you what, you get back to me with the name of the priest that you explain this to who says there is nothing wrong with this and then we will talk some more.

So the line has been set. It is morally correct to violate house policy by counting and hole carding at blackjack. But it is not morally correct to take advantage of a malfunctioning machine which is also against house policy. But somehow I don't get the logic of one being correct and the other being incorrect