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Article #165Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?
From: KLW
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:01
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:01
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> I'm not so sure about that. Given that 90% of people in this thread > believe serving on a jury is a civic duty, I think the vast majority > of people would still volunteer, barring any sort of massive societal > breakdown that causes people to stop caring about their civic duty. Given that less than 50% of people vote on a regular basis, I'd say we already have one. And voting is pretty painless, compare the "cost" of voting to the "cost" of spending a week or more out of work, essentially unpaid, in a fairly unpleasant place doing fairly unpleasant work. I think 20% is generous. Do I think jury duty is important and a civic duty? Yes. Would I do it if it were voluntary and my employer didn't pay me for my time (so I'd have to go without pay and/or use my vacation time)? Probably not. I guess that shows my "civic duty" is pretty weak. But I do vote in every election, including the local ones, which puts me ahead of a lot of people. The people who posted in this thread aren't exactly a representative sample of the population either - if you look at the makeup of the internet, and then of usenet, and then of MCFL, you'd find a fairly limited audience, and one that is skewed in all kinds of ways. Karen -- ---------- http://www.romance-bookstores.com
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