I am talking about rules and procedures, man! Black or White!
You either obey a rule or you break it!
Really? I thought we were actually talking about _changing_ the rules or the possibility thereof, and debating if the change was safe enough.
For instance, let's take a look at your examples:
Meteorological conditions perhaps?
Do you believe that that lightning struck a rock somewhere, and the legal defination of VMC appeared? Some people got together and decided on a compromise that didn't ground planes for no good reason but was still pretty safe. Hardly black & white.
A simple thing like enough fuel?
How do you decide what the fixed and variable reserves should be? More fuel could be safer but might cost an operator valuable payload. Not black & white.
Aeroplane correctly and legally loaded?
How do you decide the minimum climb angle? And you can bet your aircraft won't instantly crash if the CoG is 1mm outside the limits. There are margins involved. How do you calculate the acceptable margin?
I would respond to your anti-RAA rhetoric but I don't want to derail the thread. Besides, I doubt either of us are going to change our opinions, so let's just agree to disagree.