You begin by defining the word "definition." Your implication is that people are not being "honest" with themselves or others when they refer to the accumulated gear in an Altoids tin as a "survival kit" because it cannot encompass all survival situations. With all due respect, the word (not the phrase) you really needed to define was "survival."

From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary - survival: 1 a: the act or fact of living or continuing longer than another person or thing b: the continuation of life or existence.

The long lists of gear on the pages preceding this response, and the careful thought and consideration that has been put into the assembly of that gear, would seem to me to provide an individual with a better chance of "living longer than another person or thing" in adverse conditions. Accordingly, your conclusion that "the “Altoids Tin Survival Kit” has no place in society" is faulty. The real conclusion should be that the Altoids Tin Survival Kit cannot ensure an individual's survival in every instance, but it can increase a person's chances of survival.

By the way, I enjoy the agitators on this board (very much including you TQS). The conversation never gets stagnant and everyone is pushed to reevaluate and rethink what they "already know."