I agree. I'm not advocating bureaucratic rigidity. In fact, I'm against it and that's why I think Carmichael's penalty should be overturned.
Of course rules have to be adjusted periodically, but making races artificially close by penalizing fast riders (drivers) by changing the rules weekly, a la NASCAR, and bringing out caution flags all the time, a la NASCAR, do not make for good racing. They make for dumbed down least common denominator racing. If that's the recipe for "success" then, again, no thanks.