I know this is the Internet, but theres no need to be so confrontational in your arguments.

So we can both refer to it:

12.2. Weapons or defenses, which tend to stop combat completely, of both (or more) robots. This includes, but is not limited to the following:
12.2.1. Entanglement devices. Such as nets, fishing line, cables, string, glues or tapes, which require the match to be stopped and the robots separated. (If this occurs the €˜entangler€™ forfeits the match)

So what of cables which entangle the opponent but do not require the match to be stopped and the robots separated? I can see two meanings of the rule, depending on how you interpret the final which require... clause.

1) There is a subclass of cables, and the subclass which causes the match to be stopped is banned;
2) All cables cause the match to be stopped.

Since it is obviously possible only to clog up a spinning weapon and leave both robots moving, 2) is a false assertion.

As for projectiles - you say yourself these are anything your robot throws at your opponent - my definition exactly. If its thrown, its a projectile, if it isnt thrown, its not a projectile. Trying to define the intent of anything on your robot which could come loose is going to lead to even more ambiguity in my opinion.