Xantar...your seems a little cut off
...anyway
I agree with both you and him, he just wants to be treated fairly, while you point out the facts about the non-fair things that he said.
I still think that a hacker shouldn't be treated like a criminal, but then again they shouldn't complain about being treated like criminals because they do steal, and mess around with banks, the government and the such. and as you said, they are in a state where they can afford a computer, and where there is no threat to them or their life.