It feels as if you may be trying to correct a mistake I'm not making. I agree that definitions matter. As I said two comments upthread:
for the avoidance of doubt, I am not taking "X is a disagreement about definitions" to imply "X is trivial" or anything of the kind.
It feels as if you may be trying to correct a mistake I'm not making
Nope, you just have all your defensive shields up and at full power :-) I am agreeing with you here.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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