RE: I just don't get it!
I agree Keith.
Can't you just see a player in a baseball game, after being given a home run on a ball that actually went outside the foul pole walking up to the umpire and saying "excuse me ump, I have to be honest. That was a foul ball not a home run."
Or in a football game a player running up to the referee and saying " Hey ref you missed me holding" or " hey ref, you didn't see me grab his facemask?"
I dont think so.
Pattern is a sport. I am a church going guy too and all about honesty, not that is has anything to do with pattern flying.. But a large component of sports is letting the players play and the judges judge. As was mentioned above, not everyone is going to be honest, so just do the best you can, let the judges do the best they can and let the chips fall. Good calls and bad calls are just part of sports.