Sure, but what would you suggest as an alternative Ron? Would you prefer that the policy be unchangeable, so that project content can never be forced to conform to changed/improved/new policies? There is a whole world of content out there that violates some policy or other, and in many cases it predates the policy - advocating grandfathering policy-violating content would seem to be the wrong way forward.
So I admit its irritating, but there doesn't seem to be a better alternative. If you'd prefer that the policy went back to its original form, that is I suppose a valid opinion that simply lacks consensus or approval from WMF.
Nathan