Intellegent, I think we are back to semantics 🙂
When I say I “accept” someone – its that I accept that I cannot change what they are going to do. I “accept” that they will (drive to shul, run a cash business…) and I will not judge them for it. I understand that this is against halacha.
You are wrong in one aspect though – sometimes, the end justifies the means. If the person who is driving to shul grew up conservative, and is driving to an orthodox shul to become a baal teshuva, we accept that they are breaking halacha to get closer to Torah Judaism. In fact, most rabbis encourage baalei teshuva to take it slow, which means they will still be breaking halacha.
Why people accept the “cash business” from supposedly frum people is beyond me though. I think its time for Rabbis to take a big stand against stealing.