No ~ operator for box, point

decibel=# select version();
PostgreSQL 8.3devel on i386-apple-darwin8.8.2, compiled by GCC i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)

decibel=# select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';
ERROR: operator does not exist: box ~ point
LINE 1: select box '((0,0),(2,2))' ~ point '(1,1)';

Any reason this doesn't exist?
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