FIA's twisted logic?

[Ralf's Girl]

This is what I saw today:

START OF RACE: TGF (do as I say, not as I do - right Michael?) pushes Ralf over to within half a metre of the pitwall but of course this has been established as being within the rules after the hurrah over it last year.

FIRST PITSTOPS: Ralf crosses the white line on to the racing line and receives a penalty (and there is a rumour that Ferrari went to the race stewards to tell them about Ralf's mistake) despite not putting anybody at risk.

I fail to see why chopping across someone at the start and putting them, other drivers and people on the pitwall at risk is okay but crossing a white line when there is no-one coming is not. Of course one is in a race situation but surely a slice across another driver's nosecone at the start is more dangerous than crossing a white line on to a clear track?

It seems that the FIA's logic on these rules is very convoluted.