tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post9095634718225017633..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: Civic DutyMark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-14447237737357289042010-08-20T02:42:16.914-04:002010-08-20T02:42:16.914-04:00Sounds a bit like my go at jury duty a few months ...Sounds a bit like my go at jury duty a few months back, only mine took two days. It was a capital murder case too, which means I wouldn't have made the jury since I won't vote to put someone to death, but the guy copped a plea so it never came up.Brian Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258964922666185002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-32579581922003532412010-08-19T13:54:26.830-04:002010-08-19T13:54:26.830-04:00Just remember, Mark--that's ME you're thro...Just remember, Mark--that's ME you're throwing the book at! Well, one of me, anyway.E. M. Selingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-84017315635895528062010-08-18T18:08:57.685-04:002010-08-18T18:08:57.685-04:00how is it possible! you on a jury? a jury of the ...how is it possible! you on a jury? a jury of the defendant"s peers? just next session<br />go in with a ladder and<br />when the judge asks you what you are doing<br /><br />tell him : "I'm taking this to an higher court."<br /><br />then you can go back to throwing books at Billy Collins<br /><br />... whose Billy Collins?<br /><br />since his name came up on another blog and I didn't know who he was...<br /><br />I was once called to be on a jury at a robbery trial...<br /> a 19 year old black kid robbed with a gun an Asian taxi-driver...<br /><br />we were standing in the lobby waiting to be called in to be questioned as to our fit-ness to be on an "impartial" jury of this kid's "peers"<br /><br />so I joked to this girl in a suit "How can I be this guy's peer.... I'm white...he's black?"<br /><br />she was the prosecutor's<br />para-legal... needless to say<br /><br />I was dismissed. they gave me a voucher for $10, which I cashed..<br /><br />when I got to my car, there was a $22 parking ticket on the windshield!Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com