Boo to The Whistlers

Is there anyone among the current crop of referees at the World Cup 2006 in Germany who can match Peter Luigi Collina, the man who earned name and respect from friend and foe alike in World Cup 2002 in South Korea?
If anything, the referees at this World Cup have earned the dubious distinction of hitting the dumps with their officiating. Favouritism, nepotism, 'red and yellow tapism', and any other words found in the corruption dictionary could be attributed to these men.
The referees do not deserve any mercy as they consistently showed inconsistency in the way they handled the 22 men on the field. While some wielded their red and yellow swords with gay abandon, as if they were born for that, others refused to draw out their 'swords' at the right time, doing more harm than good.
Now we had also the great man who will definitely go down into the history books as the referee who ran short of yellow cards after he flashed it so many times. There was this overjealous referee who flashed the yellow to one player three times. God have mercy on them.
Although, I am not able to get the names of these wonderful guys offhand, I must give credit to the referees who showed their true colours during the match by unabashedly aligning themselves with the most vociferous of the crowds. Clearly, they had no scruples to show that they would do their job for the good of the game as the Fifa slogan goes. It was very evident that they wanted to be crowd pleasers.
Referees are supposed to unbiased, unswayed by the crowd power, stick to the rules and keep their eyes open at all times. Some of them were blind enough so many times not to see the hand ball. Totally unethical code of conduct and behaviour by the refs.
If referees can do this, then can the men with the flags be left far behind. I guess that they would have practiced so hard to lift the flag at the drop of a hat that they did not want their off-field practice efforts to go in vain.
It is a good thing the officials of the match have been vested with powers to ensure fair play but I guess that they have stretched the matter too far, robbing the game of so much charm.
Cheers.