Oh, semantics you say.
How about this: the OP was irredeemably, undisputably,
wrong.
But let's humour you.
ban
verb (used with object), banned, ban·ning.
to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
Archaic.
- to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.
- to curse; execrate.
restrict
verb (used with object)
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
