judgment

Look, all you football club managers, 'not guilty' pleaders, and family squabblers: just face up to it: somebody has got to be the judge. Technology may or may not provide absolute definitions of what actually happened- did the ball cross the line? Was the accused really the man caught in a camera? Did  the tipsy husband really say that to his weeping wife? In the end we only have human judgment to offer in every hunman dispute. Is Iran making a bomb? Is Cameron taking us too far, too fast over the UK deficit? Given that we cannot turn to an all-knowing Wizard at the end of the yellow brick road, all we cn do is appoint the best qualified people we can find to be referee, umpire, arbitrator and moderator to judge human disputes. Then we must abide by their decisions. It is tiresome to hear arguments about penalties, sendings off, and offside flags after almost every high-profile football match. Fatuously,I know, millions of pounds depends on these decisions. Teams go up or down, players lose ridiculous sums in 'wages' and reputations are ruined or enhanced by what referees and their assistants say and do. Of course, they get things wrong. and the watching hordes become furious. But we are stuck with a system that can only be human, and human beings are at their best, fallible.  There are things that only God knows. 'Will not the judge of all the earth do right?' asked weary Abraham over the wickedness of Sodom, and no technology coud have helped Old Isaac to sus the deceit of his son Jacob in stealing his blessing from his brother Esau. You see how complex life is, all you ref maulers. Just count your blessings, and your money. Get over it, and get on with it.