I just served Jury Duty - ask me anything

[LynneSin]

[Angry Dragon]

1. How is your petting zoo coming along??

[LynneSin]

3. See wouldn't it be neat to have a pet mountain lion

Those 2 look happy together!

[hedgehog]

2. Did you actually go to trial?

[LynneSin]

4. No clue - awaiting the email from the DU admin

we'll see how it turns out

[hedgehog]

6. Ohhhhhh....that kind of jury duty!

[MrCoffee]

5. Did you vote to stifle free speech and censor opposing viewpoints?

If not, why not?

[LynneSin]

7. Something like that

I've been playing Tropico 4, where you build your own tropical 3rd world nation so I'm in a bit of a dictator mood lately.

[MrCoffee]

8. Oooohh...is that fun?

I'm right on the fence about getting it.

[OriginalGeek]

19. I've been on 4 or 5 now

and I am batting 500 on censor or not censor.

Like I wrote in my latest one I fucking hate censorship but we all have agreed to join this community and abide by at least a modicum of civility so I really don't see it as true censorship since the poster of the offending post is perfectly free to restate his or her opinion in a non-assholish way. The idea is not censored, just the delivery.

It is distasteful for me to impose my views on someone else and I resent that people (offending posters, not admins) make me do it but do it I will as that is what I signed up for and I won't go shirking duties when asked. This forum has provided me with tons of information and thoughtful posts and entertainment and camaraderie and the least I can do is help when I'm asked.

I expect I'll fuck up more often than not but that's why there are 6 jurors and not just me, lol.

[HopeHoops]

9. Did ya string the mutherfucker up?

heh heh heh heh.

[LynneSin]

13. I voted death penalty but was shot down by the other 5 jurists

damn those anti-death penalty DUers!

[gratuitous]

10. I was on that jury, too - why did you vote the wrong way?

This was a slam dunk.

[LynneSin]

14. Someone has to stick up for the little people

[gratuitous]

18. Great, now I feel like a leprechaun abuser

And there's no smiley for abusing leprechauns!

[ohiosmith]

11. Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

[LynneSin]

15. huh

smoking dope again?

[ohiosmith]

17. Why do you ask?

[woodsprite]

12. I'd rather serve on a DU jury than get called for a capitol murder trial

Hubby got his 'invite' the day before Christmas. What a way to get initiated into jury duty! He was able to receive a waiver until February though, then he has to go back through the approval process again. Sgt. Szczerba's killer is coming up for trial soon - either late Feb or Mar. Hope he doesn't have to serve on that jury.

OK - I have a question about DU juries though -- When the message that was alerted on seems mild compared to some of the other messages/call-outs above and below in the given thread, what do you do? What I've been doing is just take that one message alerted on (after researching immediately related messages) into consideration. Some of them I've been like "well I wouldn't have alerted on that, but this other message being responded to would have been worth it."

[LynneSin]

16. It was the DU Jury but Skinner won't let me have a 'Fry em' option for voting

meanie that skinner!

[woodsprite]

24. I'll vote to add a 'fry em' option, but could we also add an

'OMFG, get a life' option.

[IcyPeas]

20. did you get lunch included?

[trof]

21. I want to be on a jury with Skittles that is sequestered.

In adjoining rooms.

[Curmudgeoness]

22. You want your ass kicked, don't you? nt

[trof]

25. Yes, but ONLY by Skittles.

[Iggo]

23. Did you sign your name "REP"?