You don't need to justify anything. It's e bike touring. If you enjoy it that's all that matters. Bicycle touring is not supposed to be a competitive sport though sadly, some try to make it that way to stroke their own egos. What's funny is knowing the back story to some of those strokes and realizing there isn't a whole lot of recent touring going on. Lot's of resting on laurels and imagining the future though. Getting out and actually riding keeps it real for me and reminds me that most fellow cyclists on the road don't give a hoot about what you ride - as long as its not a 40' RV pulling an Escalade and a boat.

If you're out touring on an e bike you're doing something which is more than nothing which is what the guy just sitting back and talking about it is doing.