Guys calm down!
He just called for a discussion and this is his job as chairmen of the law section.
Why should he get removed for starting a due discussion?
He should know better than to propose creating a blacklisting system that is such an obvious target for government overreach, the exact same government that goes and taps Google's private datacenter links.
He has suggested a
discussion. Sticking your head in the sand and assuming nobody/no company would ever suggest exactly this option leaves everyone open to being blindsided by its implementation. This is EXACTLY exemplified by the coinvalidation business proposal. Don't get me wrong - I think its a bad idea (especially trying to whitelist people to be able to do business with companies), but pretending that nobody is going to suggest it is just downright stupid.
The suggestion and followup response by Gregory Maxwell is exactly the discussion that has to take place. It's the same reason we discuss(ed) the possibility of the 51% or selfish mining "attack" - so they everyone knows about the possibility and looks at it in a reasonable light. Sure, express resistance about doing it - but don't villianize someone for proposing we have a discussion.
Sheesh...