Mr. Adams did make a good point - it's easy enough for us to tell them what they should have done.

In the Weaver case, though... it has become a teaching tool for the "how not to do it". Those who learn from it will not repeat the same mistakes. I'm told Waco has also been adapted in similar fashion, but I'm not absolutely certain.

Judges, however, will always be merely human. That's actually the goal of how they get put where they are in many countries - to be fallible and human. Justice is an artificial invention and has no intrinsic moral or ethical mandate; mercy is a real virtue and stands against justice - and that's a good thing. That's why judges are human. Alas, there's a price to that - they're also prey to the failures of humanity.