Agreed. I think the fact that Google would not tolerate a company who picked off gooogle.com, googel.com or any other TLDs that would impinge on their brand, yet someone at Google has decided they have the flex to do something Google itself (legal) would not tolerate.

I think you're right. Presenting it as a moral matter may be a signal that he's not looking to pick the legal fight but take matters up in a more public social court, if you will.