Also, since 1998 the Royal Thai police (of which immigration is a bureau) has been under the Office of the Prime Minister. It was Ministry of the Interior prior to that. (Maybe you are not such a font of visa knowledge?).
Seriously, go away!! You can tell it has been rescinded, because you now no longer get the running tally of days written inside your exempt stamp, as you used to prior to 2009.
Jeez, no 90 day in 180. Those people who got refused will have been under section 12(2). Seeing as you know everything, you will know what that section says too.
No, just immigration are lazy, and in nearly 15 years, have not bothered changing their homemade info sheet. I have told you it is not a rule anymore, I even told you when it stopped. Believe what the f!CK you like!