Yeah my examples weren't perfect. I need to think about it a bit more.
Conclusion: reassessing, ends up in the too hard basket. I don't think hard and fast rules can be made, any more than they can for courtesy in social situations. But I do think the umpire should give the artist the benefit of any doubt in a case of possible leg before wicket -- art is "better out than in" ;-)
I think I pretty much agree, but as with courtesy while it's very difficult to judge any individual (maybe they cut in line because they really need it right now to save the life of a sick child!) you can still say "Hey, people, stop cutting in line" and work on the assumption that the few times someone really does need to cut in line they won't be caught in indecision saying "But alias_sqbr said not to!"
And sometimes if you give too many people the benefit of the doubt you end up getting trampled on. This has definitely been my experience, as someone who used to try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
Edit: *extending metaphor perhaps a bit too much* also, I think a lot of the time when people complain about not being given the benefit of the doubt, it's when they didn't notice they were cutting in line, or weren't aware of how much it inconveniences people. And saying "Hey, you cut in line, that makes me have to wait longer" is true regardless of the person's intentions and justifications.
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Conclusion: reassessing, ends up in the too hard basket. I don't think hard and fast rules can be made, any more than they can for courtesy in social situations. But I do think the umpire should give the artist the benefit of any doubt in a case of possible leg before wicket -- art is "better out than in" ;-)
I think I pretty much agree, but as with courtesy while it's very difficult to judge any individual (maybe they cut in line because they really need it right now to save the life of a sick child!) you can still say "Hey, people, stop cutting in line" and work on the assumption that the few times someone really does need to cut in line they won't be caught in indecision saying "But alias_sqbr said not to!"
And sometimes if you give too many people the benefit of the doubt you end up getting trampled on. This has definitely been my experience, as someone who used to try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
Edit: *extending metaphor perhaps a bit too much* also, I think a lot of the time when people complain about not being given the benefit of the doubt, it's when they didn't notice they were cutting in line, or weren't aware of how much it inconveniences people. And saying "Hey, you cut in line, that makes me have to wait longer" is true regardless of the person's intentions and justifications.