[kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help Help!

[Neil Perry]

Leave it Alex mate, it ain't wurf it.

No... 'ang on... kick 'im in the seeds! Kick 'im in
the seeds!



 --- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> "When your country called you Alex,Where were you ?"
> 
> 
> I was about five months old.
> 
> Serving in the military and serving on jury duty are
> two decidedly 
> different things, and you're an idiot to suggest
> otherwise.
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 12:58 PM,
> peter.west410 wrote:
> 
> > Just dont start complaining when politicians come
> up with feeble 
> > excuses for
> > not going to serve their country ,Those soldiers
> (some with pregnant 
> > wives)
> > go to fight to defend the democratic law & order
> system ,That you were 
> > so
> > unwilling to participate in.
> >     When your country called you Alex,Where were
> you ?
> >
> >       PW
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)"
> > <gathering at misera.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help
> Help!
> >
> >
> >> I haven't the slightest regret for the way that
> turned out (other than
> >> that it was a needlessly  prolonged process), and
> had an entirely
> >> legitimate reason for needing to be excused from
> jury duty. Under any
> >> other circumstances, while it may be a hassle, I
> dutifully perform my
> >> role as a juror. When my wife's pregnant, that's
> a different story.
> >>
> >> Go fuck yourself, Peter.
> >>
> >> Alex in NYC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 11:51 AM,
> peter.west410 wrote:
> >>
> >>> "NEEDEDHOW DO I ENSURE MY DISMISSAL FROM THIS
> JURY?"
> >>>
> >>> Just tell them Alex,That you judge people
> without hearing their side
> >>> of the
> >>> story,And once you ve heard their side of the
> story and find out that
> >>> they
> >>> are innocent,You still think they should be
> punished.
> >>>     As this is so absurd they proberly wont
> believe it,But you could
> >>> give it
> >>> a try.
> >>>             PW
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Alex Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> >>> To: <gathering at misera.net>;
> <gathering at misera.net>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:47 PM
> >>> Subject: [kj] OT: Jury Duty Dilemna! Help Help
> Help!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I posted this on ILM, but I'm in need of
> brainstorming, so have at 
> >>>> it,
> >>>> Gatheruzzz....
> >>>>
> >>>> Alright. So, the tentacles of the system tapped
> my shoulder once
> >>>> again,
> >>> and
> >>>> I dutifully reported for jury duty yesterday. A
> huge hassle, as I'm
> >>>> sure
> >>>> everyone here knows, I managed to excuse myself
> off of one voir-dire
> >>>> yesterday due to my involvement in a prior
> lawsuit that my then 
> >>>> co-op
> >>> board
> >>>> (on which I'd been serving as secretary) was
> involved in. Today,
> >>>> however,
> >>> I
> >>>> was called into to be panelled for a case that
> they expect will take
> >>>> as
> >>> long
> >>>> as TWO MONTHS and that involved no fewer than
> twenty lawyers!! They
> >>>> asked
> >>> if
> >>>> anyone believed they had serious problems with
> being able to serve
> >>>> this
> >>>> amount of time. Predictably, nine tenths of the
> panel raised their
> >>>> hands,
> >>>> myself included. Individually, they brought us
> into a small room (in
> >>>> front
> >>>> of the judge and all twenty lawyers) to hear
> why we might have
> >>>> problem. I
> >>>> explained that my wife is pregnant, and...to a
> lesser extent..that 
> >>>> it
> >>> would
> >>>> be highly inconvenient for my department at
> work to cover for me for
> >>>> such
> >>> a
> >>>> long stretch. I was also typically surly and
> scowly (in a black
> >>>> Killing
> >>> Joke
> >>>> t-shirt, of course). No dice. They asked me to
> come back on Thursday
> >>>> for
> >>> the
> >>>> official round of voir dire.
> >>>>
> >>>>        This doesn't mean I'm definetely on the
> jury for this case,
> >>>> but I
> >>>> really wanted...fuck that, NEEDEDHOW DO I
> ENSURE MY DISMISSAL FROM
> >>>> THIS
> >>>> JURY? I'm going into work to have my boss draft
> a letter explaining
> >>>> what a
> >>>> hardship it will be for my department to lose
> my services for such a
> >>>> potentially lengthy period. My wife is very
> much indeed
> >>>> pregnant....I'm
> >>>> somewhat shocked that didn't sway them in my
> favour. Just shy of
> >>> threatening
> >>>> to be a distracted, non-compliant and
> potentially disruptive juror
> >>>> (which
> >>>> might land me in "contempt of court" trouble),
> what do I have to do 
> >>>> to
> >>> make
> >>>> sure I don't get picked?
> >>>>
> >>>>        Should I dust off my most offensive
> Pussy Galore t-shirt?
> >>>> Maintain
> >>>> that Charles Manson was a criminally
> misunderstood genius? Wet my
> >>>> pants
> >>> and
> >>>> walk into the interview with a big yellow
> stain? WHAT MUST I DO?
> >>>>
> >>>> - Alex in NYC
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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