[jerf]

If "caring about arguments" is "color" then the concept is useless and who cares? If everything is a "color", nothing is.

The color concept is interesting precisely because it isn't just "arguments to functions". The difference I describe is a real one that has real effects at scale. Trying to collapse it down to "it's just function arguments" doesn't make it go away, it just makes it so anyone who refuses to draw the distinction loses the ability to see it. It's not a good idea and it's not a good argument. You're just smearing vaseline on your eyes.