Well it looks like one dead guy votes yes, and 1500 living ones vote no!
Tom, I agree with everything you're saying about penal vs. strategic styles, but the language can be confusing. You should differentiate between a penal design philosophy and penal hazards. I agree that the best holes are the ones built with a strategic philosophy and penal hazards. In fact, I would prefer to only use the word "penal" when describing design philosophy, because we can use other words like "severe" or "penalizing" to describe a hazard that provides a significant penalty.
The strategic courses typically have more severe hazards because they can. If you want players to think their way around the course, you need to provide hazards worth avoiding. On the other hand, if a penal course simply wants to dictate the proper line on every hole, it's impractical to have severe hazards lining all sides of a narrow target.
With all that being said, I think Ross designed a lot of holes in the penal school with moderate hazards awaiting a minor miss. Virtually all Ross greens are of this type. You hit to a small target and if you miss, you will face a difficult up-and-down. There are rarely bailouts, safer routes, or multiple lines that you can take off the tee or on the approach.