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Started by garbon, June 16, 2009, 06:40:07 PM

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Caliga

#15
June 16, 2009, 08:03:35 PM
I believe that I use it sparingly enough.  :)
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jimmy olsen

#16
June 16, 2009, 08:05:51 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 16, 2009, 08:03:35 PM
I believe that I use it sparingly enough.  :)
I don't.
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Caliga

#17
June 16, 2009, 08:10:48 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2009, 08:05:51 PMI don't.
I'm in charge and what I say goes.  :cool:

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Neil

#18
June 16, 2009, 08:14:50 PM
Quote from: Caliga on June 16, 2009, 08:10:48 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2009, 08:05:51 PMI don't.
I'm in charge and what I say goes.  :cool:

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Except I'm in charge, and I don't like blacks.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Monoriu

#19
June 16, 2009, 08:43:57 PM
Can't you fight it? 

sbr

#20
June 16, 2009, 09:03:20 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2009, 08:43:57 PM
Can't you fight it?
Fight what jury duty or racial epithets?

Monoriu

#21
June 16, 2009, 09:27:59 PM
Quote from: sbr on June 16, 2009, 09:03:20 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2009, 08:43:57 PM
Can't you fight it?
Fight what jury duty or racial epithets?

Make up excuses on why he can't do jury duty.  Religion, race, can't speak English etc.

garbon

#22
June 16, 2009, 10:08:19 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2009, 09:27:59 PM
Make up excuses on why he can't do jury duty.  Religion, race, can't speak English etc.

Hi, I can't serve jury duty as I'm black. :lol:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

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Monoriu

#23
June 16, 2009, 10:15:04 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 16, 2009, 10:08:19 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2009, 09:27:59 PM
Make up excuses on why he can't do jury duty.  Religion, race, can't speak English etc.

Hi, I can't serve jury duty as I'm black. :lol:

In Hong Kong, someone who works in the medical field is exempted.  Can you claim the same?

Or can you claim that you are illiterate (a long shot for a Stanford graduate, I know)

What about the religion angle?  Say you believe in some obscure religion that forbids jury duty?

Monoriu

#24
June 16, 2009, 10:16:28 PM Last Edit: June 16, 2009, 10:19:24 PM by Monoriu
What about some disease that can't be proven?  Say you have severe back pain or headache or something.  Doing jury duty will harm your health, or something.

What about you have to attend so-and-so's wedding/funeral on [insert date of trial]?

garbon

#25
June 16, 2009, 10:20:57 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2009, 10:15:04 PM
In Hong Kong, someone who works in the medical field is exempted.  Can you claim the same?

Or can you claim that you are illiterate (a long shot for a Stanford graduate, I know)

What about the religion angle?  Say you believe in some obscure religion that forbids jury duty?

Like I said, I think my best angle is that being picked would be an undue financial hardship.  As my employer won't pay, I wouldn't be able to afford my apartment/car/food on the $15/day stipend they hand out.

Oh and the brochure they gave me said that you can't asked to be excused on the basis of any identity thing like race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Additionally it said that you don't really need to have a great grasp of English to be a juror.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Habbaku

#26
June 16, 2009, 10:22:21 PM
I love you, Mono.   :lol:
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HVC

#27
June 16, 2009, 10:24:56 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 16, 2009, 10:20:57 PM
you don't really need to have a great grasp of English to be a juror.
:lol:
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

garbon

#28
June 16, 2009, 10:28:43 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 16, 2009, 10:24:56 PM
:lol:

I suppose I was a bit liberal. It says that you need to understand common, everyday English but that you do not need to be fluent at speaking English.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#29
June 17, 2009, 12:35:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on June 16, 2009, 10:20:57 PM
Oh and the brochure they gave me said that you can't asked to be excused on the basis of any identity thing like race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Additionally it said that you don't really need to have a great grasp of English to be a juror.

What about comments like "we should try them before we hang them" or "the US judicial system is run by international megacorporations?"
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