It is hardly absurd to point out that the rules used in a formal system are leading to absurd, bad, broken results. And people do fetishize the 200 year old do

It is hardly absurd to point out that the rules used in a formal system are leading to absurd, bad, broken results. And people do fetishize the 200 year old document. (At least, the parts they like.) You see it all the time, and saying otherwise is also form of fetish or worship.