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It can be. There's a saying that intent is 9/10 of the law.
But, they definitely intended to fuck people over, so that's a moot point.
I think the saying is that possession is 9/10 of the law.
But I agree. Of course they intended to fuck people over. That’s their job, pretty much.
No, it's intent.
I did check myself before I posted that. In fact, if you type “intent is 9/10 of the law” into DDG, the entire first page of results gives you “possession is 9/10 of the law” instead.
But to be fair, I did see two examples of the intent version after scrolling through the first few pages.
I stand corrected