[CHRISTIAN DIARIST]

“What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”

[jobim]

I'm in Hawaii, so I am coming to this discussion 6 hours behind.

Woods had a spectacular fall from grace; an opportunity,
a solid gold opportunity, arose to regain the integrity he had
lost. Yes, there has been a rule change since that utterly
heart wrenching sobbing of Roberto in 1968. Yes, Woods, according
to the decision of the official governing body, is within the
rules to proceed as has been decided. Were another golfer, any
golfer really, in similar straits, he could proceed without
the personal compulsion to DQ, and it would be a short national
discussion, soon forgotten. It is precisely because of
the nature of Woods' unparalleled career/celebrity, forever
welded to an equally unparalled immoral life (in the past),
the choice to DQ looms as a balm to burnish a new integrity.
He needs this tournament less, immeasurably less, than any
of the 60 opponents. In that sense, at this point in his career,
he has everything to gain, and nothing really to lose. In many
fields, rightly or wrongly, the mere appearance of favoritism
casts a long shadow. Based on this appearance, DQ is
the road to untarnished integrity, and in this case, a resurrection of lost integrity.

[Tula Git]

bumpidy bumpidy

[Ann Archy]

He’s black....blacks get by with murder....LITERALLY!

[trebb]

I see you are well-stocked with stones and consider yourself worthy of casting them. Keep it up and someone may decide they made a mistake and crucified the wrong person.

The mish-mash way the events unfolded and the official rules committee's public response put Tiger in a tricky spot even if he did want to "do the right thing". If he decided to penalize himself with a DQ after all the hubbub about it, he would be slapping them in the face. Surely you don't claim to know his heart and think that he considers himself above the game of golf that gave him everything - he would not be damaged with a DQ and his image is important to the game. Think it out (and examine yourself too) before you decide to smear another of those who you so obviously love as you love yourself when you can take a break from loving God the Father with every fiber of your being. Is there a Pharisee Delusion Syndrome? I keep running across people who think that they have no sinful nature left in them and are now capable of being worthy all on their own - they use it to "prove" themselves a 'Better Man/Woman'.