A perfectly decent bluff, voiced with the legitimate intention of inspiring his own players and dispiriting their opponents, but a bluff none the less.
Judge Penelope Wass accepted that Sun did not list the printed firearm which she noted was one of "the least dangerous" weapons under legislation with the legitimate intention to sell, but rather because he wanted "his work as a craftsman acknowledged," the ABC reported.
Simply asserting that one had a legitimate overriding intention (killing an "enemy combatant"), and that this renders moot the predictable if not inevitable consequences (the deaths of non-combatants), is repugnant to reason and universal human values.
Inevitably, Google will be portrayed as a corporate giant pushing around small businesses with good intentions for no reason, but this sort of bad publicity seems a little unfair, as Google do have a legitimate aim to pursue.
However, the IRB only wants players with legitimate Sevens intentions to attempt to switch nationality, and the Regulations Committee could reject a case if it felt the player had not demonstrated a "genuine, close, credible and established national link" with the new country.
In most presentations of the theory of the just war there are six principles of jus ad bellum, each with its own label: just cause, legitimate authority, right intention, necessity or last resort, proportionality and reasonable hope of success.
"I celebrate the March for Peace, and its legitimate and just intentions to put an end to the problem of insecurity," said one.
Similarly, Ayatollah Khamenei's charge that "money, arms and organizations are being used by the Americans directly across our western border to fight the Islamic Republic's system" reflects legitimate concern about American intentions.
Mr Markin described the protest as "an attempt to seize a drilling platform by storm" and said it raised "legitimate doubts about their intentions".
If that isn't chutzpah, what is? Israel, half of the Israeli-Palestinian equation, has legitimate concerns about Palestinian intentions, the diplomatic end-run, possible recourse to the International Criminal Court, the PA-Hamas relationship, and a region in flux.
There should be no doubting BP's intention to pay legitimate claims.
