Not here to defend the BJCP on any specific style guideline, but the amount of work collectively done by those listed in the credits is commendable. Old information and myths persist, unfortunately. Since the BJCP is inherently geared toward competition, there will be some authoritarian strokes in the style guidelines. I don't have a problem with that and if you want to stray from the guidelines for a particular style, there are styles for those "strayings", you just have to fit the right one and be a bit descriptive. I stray all over the place and treat it like the hobby that it is, generally, in my typical brewing - but if I enter a competition with a particular style that is relatively concrete, I accept that as the constraints in which I should enter my beer. I then sit back and welcome the comments, knowing that the judges are giving me an honest assessment within their limitations (and some are really good, some are not so thorough, and some are pompous and presumptuous - like every other avenue of life).
Just sayin....and I don't deny that I have had disagreements in situations where reasonable minds may differ and we end up agreeing to disagree.