ScottRiqui -- Your understanding of an element of a statute comports with all that is good, true, and holy in the realm of statutory interpretation, except in this case. You need to read the case Al cited to in post #2. The majority of the court had no doubt just returned from Wonderland when they wrote their opinion:
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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'
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Lewis Carrol,
Through the Looking Glass.