0551166k: I agree with what you say about the closed minds in certain areas, I am constantly running up against them!
However, I suppose his/her point was that the LOREL star does not go to OCK (it turns NE well before then, doesn't it?) and in the days of RNAV the crew might well be using Lat and Long reference rather than a range and bearing from OCK. So to refer to OCK might throw them off. I have not checked the STAR and if it does go to OCK then I'm back with you that they are a bunch of idiots!
I often have this debate with people who send traffic direct to LAM and then later tell them to be level at LOGAN. Many, apart from those who know the score, will have deleted LOGAN and would prefer to be told 55DME LAM, but the closed mind scenario takes over again: 'Not my problem, they should know what they're doing!"