Well put! I would have written much the same thing had you not beaten me to it, and will only add that sloppy thinking about this question isn't purely an acad

Well put! I would have written much the same thing had you not beaten me to it, and will only add that sloppy thinking about this question isn't purely an academic concern: among other things, it leads to bad laws with difficult to foresee, but often undesirable, consequences.