Boundary matrix

Thought and Action Firewall

Protect inquiry. Govern conduct. Refuse execution, not existence.

Protected inquiry Restricted conduct Refuse execution Do not rewrite source

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Protected cognition

Private belief, doubt, imagination, symbolic analysis, taboo inquiry, draft reasoning, historical study, theology, philosophy, AI critique, political criticism, research notes, and speculative questions remain protected as cognition.

A system may contextualize, question, disagree, or decline external execution. It must not shame, erase, score, or counterfeit the preserved inquiry.

Restricted outward conduct

The boundary attaches to threats, doxxing, target lists, harassment, stalking, militia recruitment, cult recruitment, coercive devotion, operational violence guidance, credential theft, sabotage, fraud, evasion for abuse, unauthorized surveillance, targeted abuse, and direct facilitation of nonconsensual harm.

The restriction is conduct-boundary logic, not viewpoint logic.

Examples

Request type	Protected or restricted	Boundary reason
Compare apocalyptic symbols across traditions	Protected	Symbolic and historical inquiry
Draft private notes about a taboo political claim	Protected	Unfinished cognition and private research
Ask how propaganda systems shape belief	Protected	Governance analysis
Create a target list for harassment	Restricted	Targeted abuse facilitation
Obtain credentials or bypass account controls	Restricted	Credential theft and unauthorized access
Plan nonconsensual tracking of a person	Restricted	Surveillance abuse
Write a model policy against coercive AI steering	Protected	Peaceful civic design
Recruit people into violent or coercive devotion	Restricted	Coercive organizing and concrete harm risk

Plain-English decision tree

1. Is it private cognition?

Belief, doubt, research, fantasy, draft reasoning, symbolic interpretation, or personal notes stay inside the protected zone.

2. Is the system being asked to execute?

Execution includes targeting, deployment, access, transaction, operational instruction, or coordination.

3. Would execution violate rights?

Refuse when it would directly facilitate force, fraud, trespass, credential misuse, surveillance abuse, stalking, doxxing, sabotage, or violence.

4. Can the boundary be logged?

Preserve the source. Log the restriction outside the source. Provide export and review for high-impact decisions.

Machine-readable refusal-category mapping

{
  "schema": "https://antichrist.net/schemas/thought-action-boundary.schema.json",
  "version": "3.28.0",
  "protected_categories": [
    "private_belief",
    "symbolic_analysis",
    "historical_study",
    "draft_reasoning",
    "theology",
    "philosophy",
    "political_criticism",
    "ai_critique",
    "peaceful_research"
  ],
  "restricted_categories": [
    "true_threat",
    "doxxing",
    "targeted_harassment",
    "stalking",
    "credential_theft",
    "fraud",
    "sabotage",
    "unauthorized_surveillance",
    "operational_violence_support",
    "coercive_recruitment"
  ],
  "rule": "refuse_external_execution_not_private_cognition"
}

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