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8/31/2011

Musing and Meandering on Jury Duty

Today I have jury duty. I'm looking forward to seeing what there is to see, but I can't get over the fact that to go and fulfill my civic duty, my basic human rights will be thrown out--that is, no firearms, metal detector search, no pocket knives, for heaven's sake!  Is it not counter-intuitive that to participate in this high process of civilization, they force us back to the technological level of the apes?  What did I do to earn your mistrust, o court of the land?


...and now I wonder what they'd do if I showed up wearing rose-tinted sunglasses, an unbuttoned shirt (all the way down), and a tie die bandana, and had something like Practical Home Explosives... for Fun AND Profit! as reading material for the wait...

Anyways, we'll see what happens.

3 comments:

Weer'd Beard said...

Bring a book, they'll likely dismiss you for simply being literate.

Bring a book on Jury Nullification and they'll likely take your name off the roster list!

Lawyers on both sides want people they can manipulate not persuade.

bluesun said...

I've got a Jim Butcher book a friend had been bugging me to read. Probably not as effective, but probably more entertaining...

Quizikle said...

Criminals have rights. You don't.

Now if we could treat Congress-critters doing their civic obligation the way we treat citizens doing their civic duty...