If we strip away the semantic maneuvering, your argument becomes this: Rust is unsafe because it lets people who aren't you, Pizlo, write unsafe code. Safety me

If we strip away the semantic maneuvering, your argument becomes this: Rust is unsafe because it lets people who aren't you, Pizlo, write unsafe code. Safety means trusting only you with machine code. Anyone could do the same with a Rust lint rule if he wanted. He wouldn't, because this policy is not the way to secure software.