Well, that is your prerogative, of course.

Would you also argue that slavery was legal, that it was perfectly okay to discriminate against women in the workplace, that you can wait for someone to leave something behind and then waltz off with it rather than returning it to them or the police--and that there is nothing wrong with any of this?

You're not having a conversation that I'm interested in having. I'm not a lawyer. I'm a human being. I care first what is right. If the law agrees, great. If not, we need to figure out how to improve or work around the law.