Then you get Piper's jury of twelve men, good and true. "Who couldn't pour sand out of a boot if the directions were on the heal."

Citizens have rights. For every right, there is a responsibility. If you wiggle out of those responsibilities, before too long, you don't have rights but privileges. I'd rather not have the privilage of a jury made up of people who can't understand what I'm saying- I have a right to a jury of my peers, my social and mental equals, free from preconceptions about my case and with the ability to understand the evidence and reasoning placed before them.

I don't want 12 high school drop outs with room temp IQs in the box. I don't want people whining about how much money they are losing, and just want to get it over with. I don't want some holier-than-though born again pinhead who decides I'm guilty when I look the judge in the eye and tell him that while I won't swear on a religion I don't believe in, I will swear on my honor and on a Constitution that I do believe in. I don't want McJustice, I want the real thing. I want people who while they'd rather be someplace else, are at least going to pay attention and actually examine the situation rationally and logically before coming to a conclusion.

And thus endyth the Civics lesson.