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Jim Lane
Jim Lane's Journal
Jim Lane's Journal
October 10, 2014
Do jurors enforce topic restrictions?
I was just called for jury duty. The alerted post wasn't a personal attack or anything of the sort, so I voted to leave it.
The alerter didn't raise the point, but I thought there was a good argument that the post was improper for where it was posted. My view, however, was that it was up to hosts to police topic restrictions, by locking off-topic threads, and that as a juror I shouldn't try to take that factor into account. (Presumably the hosts are much better acquainted with the nuances of what's proper in each group or forum.)
Should I broaden my view of jury duty and consider SOP's and the like (especially if the alerter DOES raise the point)?
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Name: Jim LaneGender: Male
Hometown: Jersey City
Member since: Fri Nov 12, 2004, 11:22 AM
Number of posts: 11,175