Right. I think we're correctly identifying that the issue is: the syntax/semantics distinction as I like to describe it, or the rules/censorship distinction have the problem of a somewhat blurred dividing line. In my human laws example, the "hate speech" law in the UK is now protocol or "consensus" as per bitcoin's lingo, but that doesn't make it OK. Because it's a law about something like "what you are thinking" it's not actually viable; it has already created monstrous outcomes. So it's not that I'm saying you're wrong that "if it's in the protocol/consensus rules then it's not censorship by narrow definition", but I also wouldn't blame people for saying "come on, just use common sense! that's censorship!". It's probably not a very valuable discussion, except maybe to say "there are two different ways censorship could happen; but having censorship *in* the protocol rules is even far worse than the other (normal) type!".
