>>>Looks like this week is shot all to he$$.
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>>>It's a civil suit. I won't be able to ask for the death penalty or burn a terrorist or anything fun.
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>>>I tried to get out of it.. They asked me if I had heard anything about the case and I said I only hear what the voices tell me, but somehow they thought that made me a good juror..
>>>
>>>snif..
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>>You being the exception that prooves the rule.................
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>>It's a sad state of affairs that important matters are decided by people who are not smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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>I take it you don't view it as a duty of all able citizens?

Quite the contrary and I'm surprised you would read that into what I said.

This was intended as sort of a "serious joke." The sad part is that so many do not regard jury duty as a civic duty. The result is juries not as competent as what would result if so many qualified people didn't shirk their civic duty.