What?
The hell it's a double standard. Is it a double standard to wish the worst on Osama Bin Laden, vs. not wishing it on Ghandi? To wish on Lex Luthor what you don't wish on Lois Lane? That's not a double standard, that's justice.
Simply because something is against the law doesn't mean "it's wrong, end of story." Sony has committed so many egregious crimes* against so many of us, yet fair trials will never be so much as considered by our corporate government. How is it wrong for us to cheer those anonymous vigilantes, when they are our last hope for justice? How is it a double standard for us to disapprove when some other anonymous cracker hits an innocent non-profit like PBS?
I hope that Sony gets hacked into oblivion, that their sales plummet and stock tanks, and that the decision-making execs in charge forget to grab their golden parachutes. In the same breath, I hope that PBS safely recovers and that they continue their great programming for decades to come. I don't think anyone in their right mind can accuse me of hypocrisy for this.
*Rootkits
*RIAA litigation
*MPAA litigation
*Lik-Sang, termination of
*OtherOS, removal of
*Geohot, legal smothering of
*Blu-Ray player smothering
*Lax database security, and the subsequent ID theft
*and plenty more...