I have a question for you, airseb...
Let us, for the sake of discussion, presume you are following a standard published arrival route, and that arrival (STAR) clearly indicates that your flight was to transistion from the enroute airway, and intercept a localizer at a DME distance of 100nm.
There it is, printed right on the chart.
Offical, and all.
Keep in mind that this routing is flight checked on a regular basis, by the regulatory authority concerned
Now, the approach controller says to follow this routing.
What do you do?
Refuse the clearance?
Ask for another routing?
Divert to your alternate?
Drop back five yards and punt?
What?