Why is it discouraged to access static members indirectly?

Question

Why is it discouraged to access static members indirectly? In Eclipse, you can en-/disable this warning under Preferences > Java > Compiler > Error/Warnings > "Indirect access to static member".

Example when "Indirect access to static member" is configured to cause a warning:

JLabel label = new JLabel();
label.setAlignmentX(JLabel.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);       // causes warning    
label.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);    // is ok

Answer 1

Accessing a member of the Component class through JLabel gives a false impression that this member is specific to JLabel, where in fact it is Component's member and just happens to be inherited by all its subclasses. Nothig is lost by accessing it through the declaring class, and there is definitely something won in clarity.