Ya, I get it... semantics my friend... in theory/clear rule... same thing to me. The point of my post was not to disagree with you or argue, but simply state that it is possible to be given an IAP missed off of a visual approach. It was wrong of the controller to assign such and departure corrected it, but I'm just saying be ready for anything... they see the bigger picture and I'm sure it had something to do with separation, but I'm furloughed now and no longer a pilot so it doesn't matter anymore... it happened to me, but I'm sure the guy got yelled at for it...