>At 11:43 PM 5/16/2006, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>
>>>I agree with Doug in his last sentence that the jury system idea
>>>is great but far too many citizens are fear
>>>filled racists for me to call it great in practice.
>>
>>Again that's the society's problem, not the jury system's. The US
>>constitution, for example, is full of fear of the masses' judgment;
>>everything has to be checked & balanced. The jury system is
>>conceptually high on the masses' judgment. The bourgeoisie would
>>never go for a jury system if it were designing things today.
>
>
>Probably a lot like . . . the comments section at a blog, eh?
Not really. The jury is part of a structured system; the comments section is just a free-for-all which self-selects for boisterousness.
Doug