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There's an assumption there that "illegal == illegitimate". I don't believe that is true. No more true than "legal == legitimate".

• astine 16y ago
  Please look up words in a dictionary before you correct people on their meaning, you will seem like less of a fool for doing so. Legitimate and legal are synonyms. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/legitimate http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/legitimate
  • __david__ 16y ago
    Sigh. Did you even read the link you posted? Yes, one of the definitions has to do with laws, but there are plenty of other meanings that don't have anything to do with legailty. Eg: "not spurious or unjustified; genuine"
    • borism 16y ago
      or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(political) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(political)