Well, in the 80's, that was a legitimate aim to write with.

The difference in treatment must pursue a legitimate aim.

The difference in treatment must be rationally connected to the legitimate aim.

The difference in treatment must be no more than is necessary to accomplish the legitimate aim.

The means of pursuing these legitimate aims were furthermore held "appropriate and necessary".

- The police will receive "the funds they need to meet the cost of any legitimate aims".

To aspire to a united Ireland is a legitimate aim.

This seemed to me, in those days, the legitimate aim and proper work of a naturalist.

The legitimate aim of agricultural policy half a century ago was to produce sufficient food.

It is to be expected, therefore, that these ideas have a genuine and legitimate aim.