And for the most part you are right. However, the CL is the one who runs each server.
They make the judgement calls on the demos in the case of appeal.
There is very, very few people who can ban without an appeal and in the most part, its not a big deal.
We cannot set up a “end-all” rule where “demos are required, no matter what!”, because then, we have tied our hands in a way that we cannot get them out.
The rules were voted in by the entire executive committee as is, and they won’t be changing anytime soon.