If such nonsense is permissible due to pedantry (where you can fly however you want if there are 2+ guards, but you have to crawl through the mountains if there is only one), then the rules simply need to be adjusted. I don't manage the rules. Vitaly did a good job bringing the situation to the attention of the community! The more controversial situations are studied, the easier it will be to judge in the future and make fewer mistakes.
In no sport does a referee try to convince anyone of their correctness. The referee makes a decision. If the referee's decision is not satisfactory, then they can be excluded from judging.
Yes, these are very simple and, in their own way, perhaps even logical arguments, but in order to become a good referee, you need to stop thinking this way and understand the fallacy of such a worldview.