One of my favorite characteristics of definition is that it only exists as an emergent property of limitation.
That is to say: the more inclusive a definition is, the less it is a definition of anything.
Or to bring this from the abstract: The more people who count as 'felons,' the less meaningful the concept of 'felony' is.
If you read Wikileaks you are a felon
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Darlene Storm of Computerworld writes: "Dear Americans: If you are not 'authorized' personnel, but you have read, written about, commented upon, tweeted, spread links by 'liking' on Facebook, shared by email, or otherwise discussed 'classified' information disclosed from WikiLeaks, you could be implicated for crimes under the U.S. Espionage Act -- or so warns a legal expert who said the U.S. Espionage Act could make 'felons of us all.'" 
