Hey the rules are as the rules are.,
You mean there is a rule written down somewhere that you can't skate a previous program, or that you shouldn't wear gray, or you have to be a Russian to win gold? That last one seems plausible.
There's a rule written down that the artistic merit (a purely subjective rating) is 50% of the score. Looking at it in the school grades model that means technical perfection but artistic nothing still rates an F.