[MR] What the heck... Why be a judge?

[Becky McEllistrem]

--- Matt Broadway <mattbroadway1974 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> > So I've got to ask. Maybe someone out there can
> tell
> > me... why do we keep
> > coming back for the same horrid backlash and
> guilt?
> > Why *should* we, the
> > average Artsy-fartsy kind of person, commit
> > ourselves to supporting a system
> > that we have never enjoyed and that does not bring
> > us pleasure?
> 
> Low self esteeme?
> Cause everybody else is doing it?
> 
> in service,
> 
> Dante della Luna


A&S competitions have their place the same way
competitions on the field have their place.  I don't
enter many competitions myself but some people like
the pressure of a competition for a goal in getting
work done etc.  Sometimes an event isn't enough. 
Sometimes the pressure of a deadline for a competition
works for htem.  There is a sharing of knowledge even
if it's limited.  

If you don't like A&S competitions don't enter them. 
But there's no reason to restrict them from people
that do like them.  Clearly competitions are popular
with a lot of people and not with others.

Judging isn't my favorite past time and I'm happy to
let others handle it if they're as qualified as I am
to judge a subject.  However judging is a
responsibility we create when we accept that some
people like competitions and want to continue with
them.

Rebecca