When Penguins Can Fly... » civic obligations http://dorianpula.ca Or Dorian Pula's Thoughts on Coding, Writing and Life. Fri, 04 May 2012 02:44:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Clubbing In the Courthouse – Part 1 http://dorianpula.ca/2009/08/04/clubbing-in-the-courthouse-part-1/ http://dorianpula.ca/2009/08/04/clubbing-in-the-courthouse-part-1/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:25:54 +0000 Dorian http://dorianpula.ca/?p=1176 Continue reading →]]> Today I had to go to a summons.  I’m grateful for living in a country with a “fair” judicial system, and I’m not going to try to avoid my “civic” “obligations”.  But it bothers me, why our dear tax-money fed bureaucrats can’t organize things properly.  I see no valid excuse why to flagrantly wasting people’s time by asking until the judges and lawyers graciously call us in.  Could such a waste of time and productivity not be fixed with a bit of advanced scheduling?  For one this would help the economy, and social morale.  It this waiting seems something of a hangover from ancient times, when the nobles could simply “ask” the peasants to put their lives on hold.  Or am I missing something?

Why not small pools of potential jurors?  Or calling them in at appropriate times?  Why ask to place things on hold in a systemic manner?

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