Oh Beautiful For Spacious Skies....
Jul. 24th, 2008 11:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lls_mutantI pulled jury duty. Well, I've been summoned. First time in my life I've been summoned.
I finally filled out the questionnaire. Hubby mentioned pleading hardship, but somehow I doubt I can do it. I mean, I'm a stay at home mom and they offer child care for kids from 6 weeks to school age. (I do want to check the childcare out a bit first.)
To be honest, a lot of me doesn't want to plead hardship anyway. I mean, I'm not looking forward to jury duty, but I do believe rather deeply in the ideals of this country. Yeah, it's inconvenient and stuff, but I do believe firmly that everyone should have a trial, and the jury system isn't one of our country's bigger flaws, y'know? I'm not called on to serve my country all that often. And sure, sitting jury duty isn't exactly the most glamorous or necessarily life-changing event (although depending on the case, it could be I suppose), but I actually am quite patriotic. Heck, I worked for the government, and I'd do it again if I found a good fit.
I'm probably way behind the times, but someone on MRFH linked to this post about how Firefly is anti-feminist. Now, I MIGHT possibly agree with the whole thing about prostitution being glorified (still haven't made up my mind), but alleging that Joss Whedon rapes and beats his wife based solely on his work is flat-out slander. And Wash rapes Zoe? What part of "Sir, I need this man to rip off all my clothes," sounds REMOTELY non-consensual, in any way, shape, or form????? And yes, Mal jokes about throwing Kaylee in a hold, but he's joking and he seriously threatens to airlock Jayne. And Zoe calling Mal "sir"? Um, maybe because he outranked her in the military and the war isn't over for them in ways?
Careful if you read it. Your brain might explode.
I finally filled out the questionnaire. Hubby mentioned pleading hardship, but somehow I doubt I can do it. I mean, I'm a stay at home mom and they offer child care for kids from 6 weeks to school age. (I do want to check the childcare out a bit first.)
To be honest, a lot of me doesn't want to plead hardship anyway. I mean, I'm not looking forward to jury duty, but I do believe rather deeply in the ideals of this country. Yeah, it's inconvenient and stuff, but I do believe firmly that everyone should have a trial, and the jury system isn't one of our country's bigger flaws, y'know? I'm not called on to serve my country all that often. And sure, sitting jury duty isn't exactly the most glamorous or necessarily life-changing event (although depending on the case, it could be I suppose), but I actually am quite patriotic. Heck, I worked for the government, and I'd do it again if I found a good fit.
I'm probably way behind the times, but someone on MRFH linked to this post about how Firefly is anti-feminist. Now, I MIGHT possibly agree with the whole thing about prostitution being glorified (still haven't made up my mind), but alleging that Joss Whedon rapes and beats his wife based solely on his work is flat-out slander. And Wash rapes Zoe? What part of "Sir, I need this man to rip off all my clothes," sounds REMOTELY non-consensual, in any way, shape, or form????? And yes, Mal jokes about throwing Kaylee in a hold, but he's joking and he seriously threatens to airlock Jayne. And Zoe calling Mal "sir"? Um, maybe because he outranked her in the military and the war isn't over for them in ways?
Careful if you read it. Your brain might explode.
