This is off topic, but it's such a great story I gotta tell it. Today we were selecting a jury. My opposing counsel started his questioning with a facetious query about how no one actually wants to serve on a jury, and asked a rhetorical question to the effect of: "There isn't anyone here who actually wants to serve, is there?" One guy raised his hand. My opposing counsel ignored him and moved on to something else, thinking the same thing I was - if this guy *wants* to serve, he's gotta be some kind of nut, and we'll excuse him as quick as we can. When my turn came, I had a feeling, so I asked him: "Do you seriously want to serve?" "Yes." "Why?" He started out by saying he had been a naturalized American for forty years, that jury service was a sacred right that untold numbers of Americans had died for, that he thought it was sickening that so many people went out of their way to get out of it, and other, similar comments. I could almost hear the National Anthem in the background. When he finished, you could've heard a pin drop. I said "God bless you, sir" and sat down. Then, everybody in the courtroom, including the judge, broke out in applause.

Great story, thank you for sharing! Cyndi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed St.Germain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:00 PM Subject: [AMER-REV] jury service > This is off topic, but it's such a great story I gotta tell it. > > Today we were selecting a jury. > > My opposing counsel started his questioning with a facetious query about how > no one actually wants to serve on a jury, and asked a rhetorical question to > the effect of: "There isn't anyone here who actually wants to serve, is > there?" > > One guy raised his hand. > > My opposing counsel ignored him and moved on to something else, thinking the > same thing I was - if this guy *wants* to serve, he's gotta be some kind of > nut, and we'll excuse him as quick as we can. > > When my turn came, I had a feeling, so I asked him: "Do you seriously want > to serve?" > > "Yes." > > "Why?" > > He started out by saying he had been a naturalized American for forty years, > that jury service was a sacred right that untold numbers of Americans had > died for, that he thought it was sickening that so many people went out of > their way to get out of it, and other, similar comments. > > I could almost hear the National Anthem in the background. > > When he finished, you could've heard a pin drop. I said "God bless you, sir" > and sat down. Then, everybody in the courtroom, including the judge, broke > out in applause. > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >