I work for a living and I can't be inconvenienced by a little public service, either.
When judges, lawyers, clerks, cops, etc. have to do their public service for as little money as they pay us civilians, then I'll start doing jury duty again.
Until then, defendents will have to make do with folks who are too stupid to get out of jury duty, like the woman in the story.
You’re absolutely right. The poster should not have made the inference that the woman was on ‘the public dole’. The poster should have characterized it properly and stated that the woman “was too selfish and had no respect for her own civic responsibility to be inconvenienced”. The poster might have also launched into how the woman was very willing to avail herself of the rights afforded her by our system of government but was unwilling to be personally invenienced when any of the responsibilities that goes along with those freedoms fell to her.
The woman admits that her medical appointment was just an excuse, she was just mad that it wasn’t a good enough excuse. After letting her self righteous anger overcome her she then made it painfully clear that no one had taught her that with freedoms come responsibility. She then decided that he middle of a court proceeding was the appropriate time to execrcise her right to free speech. As I taught my son early on, he has plenty of freedoms, he just needs to be sure he takes the responsibility for the outcome that goes along with them when chooses to exercise them. She actually had the nerve to act shocked when someone held her accountable for her actions. Thank goodness she wasn’t selected for the jury, her mistaken sense of entitlement with no responsibilty might have led her to make a poor decision which the rest of society would have to pay for.
Its been my experience that most juries are made up of retirees and public employees who get paid their regular salary to sit in court. Its just a nice few days away from the office to them.