who gets to be judge?
i’m not a big golf fan. i suppose you could say i have a ‘general sportscenter’ knowledge of what’s going on. but it’s been rather hard to miss what has and continues to be what i’m guessing is the sport’s biggest scandal ever. and i’m not here to get into the soap opera details. i believe what he did was wrong and has no defense.
but as i watched sportscenter i saw billy payne, augusta national golf club chairman, giving his speech, and though i agree with nearly everything he said, i was struck by one thought…
when is it ok to play judge?
if everyone knows your sin, is it ok for people to throw stones? does your celebrity factor into the equation? does the moral rating of the sin add to the way judgment is to be played out? i don’t ask this question out of sympathy or to defend woods’ actions. just a question i had running through my brain…
