tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15774660.post5161704455065038485..comments2023-05-30T01:54:47.167-07:00Comments on Always Going On Beyond: Released from Civic DutiesEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10506678625592788292noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15774660.post-47534218812323842132007-05-10T21:06:00.000-07:002007-05-10T21:06:00.000-07:00I do not think I can remember what an unstructured...I do not think I can remember what an unstructured moment feels like. It might be almost like a vacation to have a week or two of jury duty for some murder trial.wordsfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03201989298085513727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15774660.post-72397204717358729362007-05-09T09:18:00.000-07:002007-05-09T09:18:00.000-07:00So the murder trial is left to jurors who are free...So the murder trial is left to jurors who are free of "hardship," which equates with work, family involvement, and away games. Probably also with tickets to "Deal or No Deal," bulbs that must be planted now or rot, and a sack of laundry that must be returned to offspring at the community college before IT too rots. I'm musing about jury candidates who have NO hardships, and what their daily lives are like. Makes me think of my late father, who either possessed a Zen-like ability to take pleasure in the "unstructured" moment, or, as my mother said, "could enjoy doing nothing more than any man she knew." And on the subject of the jury system (one of his pet topics), he pooh-poohed it because he said every man was entitled to a "jury of his peers" (is that written somewhere, Emily?)--and where would they find 12 of HIS peers? And he MEANT that, despite little education and even less concern about logic and reasoning.Bellabellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14272996485620573797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15774660.post-68531064251247356152007-05-08T15:26:00.000-07:002007-05-08T15:26:00.000-07:00A couple years ago, I got a summons for jury duty ...A couple years ago, I got a summons for jury duty while on vacation. I got home, and saw the summons the day AFTER I was supposed to go. Whoops. <BR/><BR/>Luckily it was a local thing, and I called our city building and explained what happened, and was told that it was okay, because something had come up and they didn't end up doing anything with the people who had come for jury duty that day anyway.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02784160644947020521noreply@blogger.com