Well--since it started off as a hypothetical case argued as an exercise by ... students. , then I think it's perfectly acceptable to think of it as “of no significance or relevance.”

The current meaning/usage is not a problem for me! However, I have to admit that many times, I probably dislike a new usage more because it is a change than because of the usage itself, and I can't help but wonder whether that might also explain why A number of critics have objected .

Poor, pitiful humans, we; but whatchagonnado? We are the way we are...