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MADem

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35. Then don't "intervene" at all. If you don't want to use your judgment, no one is forcing you to do
Fri May 29, 2015, 03:37 PM
May 2015

that. And that means no one is forcing you to serve on juries, either.

If you vote to not hide every time you serve on a jury, you ARE intervening, even if you don't realize it.

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Well said! greatauntoftriplets May 2015 #1
I concur! Well said! NYC_SKP May 2015 #5
I've said it before: Serving on MIRT renewed my faith in DU arcane1 May 2015 #9
Okay Kelvin Mace May 2015 #2
Sure! MIRT = Malicious Intruder Removal Team arcane1 May 2015 #7
Thanks! Kelvin Mace May 2015 #12
Here's more information, if you're interested: Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #15
Sure, sorry. Here you go, with links! Malicious Intruder Removal Team =MIRT uppityperson May 2015 #11
Thanks for the links Kelvin Mace May 2015 #13
KnR Hekate May 2015 #3
Pleasure serving on mirt and with you. hrmjustin May 2015 #4
Alerting! arcane1 May 2015 #6
Hiding! Send it to MIRT!!111 greatauntoftriplets May 2015 #10
Excellent summary! Thank you! Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #8
I'm alerting on this Omaha Steve May 2015 #14
They haven't caught up with me yet. nt onehandle May 2015 #16
Guess the 5th Amendment protection against Double-jeopardy doesn't apply to DU jury decisions? leveymg May 2015 #17
MIRT can not override a DU jury. They are different things though work together at times. uppityperson May 2015 #19
Here's the problem: the jury system does not have a direct call button for MIRT. Gormy Cuss May 2015 #28
Jurors rule on Community Standards, MIRT on trolls. Jurors aren't to consider uppityperson May 2015 #29
Right, thus jurors shouldn't base their votes on whether MIRT should look at the poster Gormy Cuss May 2015 #31
They indirectly do. It's the hide button. jeff47 May 2015 #30
We can't overturn a jury verdict. hrmjustin May 2015 #20
I had no idea what MIRT was until I read this. d_legendary1 May 2015 #18
But I hate to "narc." McCamy Taylor May 2015 #21
There is a frequent flyer who blasts through with really nasty crap uppityperson May 2015 #22
Seems as though someone like that would be dropped for good. 7962 May 2015 #25
They change ip addresses, been banned thousands of times uppityperson May 2015 #26
Google, yahoo, MSN, etc. will hand out infinite email addresses. jeff47 May 2015 #32
I tend to think the same way. lpbk2713 May 2015 #23
Then go into your profile and turn off jury service. (nt) jeff47 May 2015 #33
Then don't "intervene" at all. If you don't want to use your judgment, no one is forcing you to do MADem May 2015 #35
+1 7962 May 2015 #24
What the hell, targeting us Michiganders... demmiblue May 2015 #27
Eeder a Yooper er sumpn dam closta wun, eh? Jackpine Radical May 2015 #34
K&R ismnotwasm May 2015 #36
Thanks, just quoted it Babel_17 Mar 2016 #37
Wow, how did you find this archived thread? This is funny. And you are welcome uppityperson Mar 2016 #38
I used the site search and this thread was near the top Babel_17 Mar 2016 #39
(T)HANKS uppityperson Mar 2016 #40
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