So the bottom line.... the technical committee exercised "judgement".

The other word that sailors used (thanks Macca) was "sportsmanship"

so.... Legal... vs Illegal... (they all were illegal for many issues)

Fair vs Unfair... (Also called sportsmanship).... Everyone agreed the situation was Fair.

Just vs Unjust... (the powers that be... chose Fair/sportsmanship over Illegal.)

You need the proper stringency of rules to stop an A hole from blowing up the sportsmanship and going for an edge.... (See many many examples in the Tornado experience)... Eventually, they got the rules about right... but who knows... there is one born every minute... You don't need a phone book of rules to freeze time (per Matt M)

Unfortunately, it is a lot of work to keep the rules timely and relevant if you are going to value legal over fair.