Although it does smack of "I was just following orders".

I know that's not what the original quote is about, not most of the responses in this thread. But it's a "logical" extension of the sentiment.

Don't hate the playa, unless the playa is playing a game that is inherently and obviously worthy of hate ("I was just following orders"), or a game that might allow certain things that are worthy of hate. Exploitation of child labor, for example, is within the rules of the game (just not in certain places), and could allow a player to be more successful than one who didn't go to that extent of the rules. In that circumstance, it seems ok to hate the player.