From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 17:43:39 MDT
I did jury duty just over a year ago, but didn't get the chance to take the
secular "Affirmation", as the defence objected to me when I approached the
jury stand. Can't say I blame them, I am a disagreeable bastard after all.
James...
>Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:03:56 +1000
>From: Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: POLITICS: Re: Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional
>At 01:54 PM 6/27/02 -0700, Brian D Williams wrote:
> >I got in a bit of a mess a few years ago when I was being sworn in
> >at court and pointed out to the presiding judge that I was
> >agnostic...
>Interesting. In Oz, I gather, an atheist or agnostic, or an oddball
>Christian who pig-headedly accepts Jesus Christ's assertion that it's
>sinful to swear, simply makes an `Affirmation' instead.
>Damien Broderick
>[so far managing to avoid the court room]
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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