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

We're cool. I thought we were on the same page about this, which is why my misperception startled me.

In my defense, there are plenty among us who feel little if any sense of civic duty. They consider relentless self-interest a virtue, a guiding principle. A very weird data point in a society that perceives itself as an example to the world.