Select/wholesale censorship/takedown via directories

[grarpamp]

Two related questions for general comment:

1) Couldn't the directories to which hidden service
descriptors are published elect, or be ordered,
to decline to publish certain descriptors?

2) What happens in the event of a sustained global
DoS or a simple coordinated LEO/ISP shutdown of
the directories?

There have been cases where contributory, aiding, etc,
regardless of common carrier principles, has been an
argument that has held traction against other sites or
systems. It is not unreasonable to assume such an attempt
may be made upon Tor. Is the degree to which Tor is
designed/distributed sufficent to render the difficulty out
to at least the equivalent of shutting down all the relays?
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