I think it's disappointing that we react to weird rules by inventing reasons to defend them. You come up with a rationale for a set of rules and believe it to

I think it's disappointing that we react to weird rules by inventing reasons to defend them. You come up with a rationale for a set of rules and believe it to be true. I'd argue that this is a circular reference. Natural maybe, to try to rationalize things. But still, please consider that you just try to justify things that have been like that for a long time without a canonical explanation.