RE: Cucurbits, pumpkins, squash, squmpkins--AHHH!

        Well said Paul

At 12:16 PM 11/22/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I think the problem with a grid system would be one of making a
>two-dimensional device work on decidedly three-dimensional blobs. A
>more-or-less, kinda-sorta round pumpkin does not lend itself well to a grid
>system. Unless all pumpkins were of uniform shape, applying a series of
>squares to one only invites more subjectivity.
>
>There really is no way to eliminate subjectivity from judging pumpkin color.
>The only way to eliminate the subjectivity is to eliminate the judging. The
>only way to eliminate judging is to accept all colors -- to require only one
>color (orange) encourages arguments over shades of that color (is "cream"
>just a really pale shade of orange?).
>
>As soon as a color test is applied, subjectivity will rule the day. However,
>subjective judging is used successfully in baseball, football, boxing, ice
>dancing, the Miss America pageant, Rock Rivard's Ugly Pumpkin contest, and
>many more events. Is that a bad thing? No, unless the judge is corrupt. If
>the judge is genuinely fair, accept the ruling and move on.
>
>Paul Thompson
>Armada, Michigan
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