Jury Duty

JeromeBarry1

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking this is about jury duty. It's not. It's about discrimination against the obese.

Some years ago, and I do not have the cite, the Dallas Morning News ran an article about the community of attorneys who worked at the Dallas County courthouse. These attorneys were prohibited from discriminating against any person by reason of their race, gender, sexual preference or identity, national origin, physical ability or whatever other protected class had been defined in America at that time. They could, however, and did, discriminate against the obese. Obese black people could be challenged peremptorily. So could obese women, obese gays, obese Hispanics, obese cripples and obese anything that the lawyer wanted to discriminate against. The attorneys interviewed indicated that obese people were obsessed with eating and afflicted with flatulence and therefore should not be allowed in a small jury room with a captive audience.

I lived in Dallas County at the time and was appalled. Indeed, I had been called to jury duty several times and had not been chosen to serve. After I moved to neighboring Denton County I again experienced being called to jury duty and being passed over for service.

I realized that this was a story to put in the Motivation and Support.

Because when I get to my goal of being slim, attractive, and not afflicted with flatulence, I'm going to be called to serve on a jury. I'm going to be selected. And I'm going to find for the defendant. I don't care what crime he charged with. I'm going to stick my middle finger in the county's metaphoric eye.

queenliz99

That was tongue in cheek, I hope

RWClary

Yea...don't do anything resembling civic duty when a bruised ego is on the line...SMH...

jemhh

This is not the first time you've posted about jury duty and obesity. You sound a bit fixated on it.

Any way, good luck with your justice undermining goals in the future. That'll really show 'em.

stephanieluvspb

Yeah! Let the rapist and murderers go free! That'll show the government who's boss!

CassidyScaglione

Most people want to avoid jury duty FYI. You get paid a pittance to sit in a room with eleven other people who are equally peed off to be there instead of at home working and eating and playing xbox and "netflix & chill"ing. And at the end of it all half of the country will think you are a racist or a sexist or paid off.

Take the excuse and run.

southbaysonia

Um, "cripples"? That's pejorative and illustrates your discrimination. While pontificating about others, please check your own privilege.