Lets just MAKE IPA CLEAR AGAIN!
All I ask is that we acknowledge that clear IPA and hazy IPA are two distinct styles and
label them accordingly.
IPA has become so popular that everything with more hops than average wants to call itself IPA, so IPA has become a collection of related styles, not a single style. But one needs to be the "default".
If I walk into a bar and it says merely says "IPA" on the menu, that should be an American IPA, not a hazy.
If it's a black IPA, it should be labeled black IPA. If it's a double IPA, it should be labeled a double IPA. If it's a session IPA, it should be labeled a session IPA. Heck, if it's truly fits the bill of a West Coast IPA, label it that way too. It doesn't hurt anyone.
And if it's a hazy IPA, it should be labeled a hazy or NE IPA.
The default style is American IPA. And American IPA is pale and clear, or at least clear-ish. Any deviation from that should be clearly denoted on a beer menu.
*** Note: I realize that American IPA is not the "default" everywhere. The English created the IPA style. However, I live in America, and due to the overwhelming popularity of American IPA here, IMHO it's appropriate that "IPA" on a menu here should denote American IPA, and that if a bar is serving an English IPA, they should call that out on the menu. If I were in a pub in England, of course, I would expect seeing "IPA" on a menu would denote an English IPA, and I would be surprised if given an American-style IPA without a menu denoting that it's an American IPA instead of English.