I’m OK with the government _defining_ terms, so everyone can at least argue about the same thing. A friend was fond of this point, observing “the government should, say, define what a ‘fish stick’ is - so nobody could claim a fish-flavored blob of fried dough is one, or something other than what people can and should think of by the term ‘fish stick’.” I agree, and see that as a current issue with “marriage”: there is an objective & productive difference between one pairing of genders vs others, so it makes sense to define “marriage” (or _some_ term) to differentiate one from the other because there actually is a difference that matters. I’m not saying the government should compel or prohibit certain behaviors (though I may have my own opinions thereon), but let’s at least agree on the same definitions for certain words.
Per this thread, I’d have no problem with the government defining “vegetarian” because there is a typically included gray area that includes animal products (cheese, eggs), which some people want/need differentiated from the plant-only definition of “vegan”, which in turn has the subset of “fruitarian” (fruits exclusively, nothing that destroys the plant like carrots or lettuce). Define a “plant-based diet”? great. Just don’t tax or jail me for consuming bacon.