i don’t know what to call this one

the last time i got called out for jury duty was the LAST time i got called out for jury duty…

…and probably with good reason. i was dismissed pretty quickly, which a few attributed to the fact i knew (had gone to high school with) one the attourneys on the case, but another guy in the pool had as well and he ended up on the jury for the long haul. no, i think it was one phrase i said, to the judge in open court, that got me tossed out:

don’t be a pussy

the case involved (is it legal for me to discuss this? it’s been five years or so…) an assualt charge whereby a guy was in a bar, another guy walked up, and punched him. no history given other than that statement and the fact the two knew each other prior to said altercation.

i was taken aback.

i was asked if i considered that assault, based purely on the facts given, with assault being defined as a criminal act worth of prosecution. i repeated back…

so i’m at a bar, and some guy i know comes up to me, hits me once across the face, and i just walk away, call the cops, and press charges rather than hitting him back?

i was told that was the long that the short of it. my response?

hell no!!! hit him back!!! don’t be a pussy…

juror number nineteen, dismissed.

there is a reason i brought this up. i was sent a bit idea by a co-worker about a woman who was arrested for killing her online husband in some virtual-world online game (the real guy, as well as his murderous former online spouse (NOTE: NEVER his spouse in the world you and i call home) are still very much alive in the real world). he thought she was up for murder, which would have made a wicked good bit…

…but she was up for hacking, which makes that a wicked lame bit. seems when they were “married” in their online lives they shared everything, including their login information. when virtual hubby divorced with no prior warning of problems the woman got upset, logged in, and killed his avatar. when he logged in and found his avatar dead he called the police in the real world and pressed charges.

again, don’t be a pussy. but hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for sega, i suppose…