tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post5758983440730637530..comments2023-10-21T08:59:26.630-07:00Comments on Such Is Life...: A Jury Of His Peers?Ginohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post-59200763795249933332008-10-10T12:43:00.000-07:002008-10-10T12:43:00.000-07:00Notice how the dads of teen girls independently th...Notice how the dads of teen girls independently think the exact same thing about where to swing the pipe. <BR/><BR/>And I'm not quite sure I'd act differently if I knew my daughter had a boyfriend, either, especially as I wouldn't exactly allow sleepovers.<BR/><BR/>Not aiming for the head, either.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post-3612098690499851852008-10-08T14:50:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:50:00.000-07:00No prosecuting lawyer would never let me on the ju...No prosecuting lawyer would never let me on the jury. If I were swinging the pipe, thought, I wouldn't have aimed at the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post-83642070754584436352008-10-02T15:42:00.000-07:002008-10-02T15:42:00.000-07:00Seems to me, if he had known his daughter had a bo...Seems to me, if he had known his daughter had a boyfriend, he would have presumed the noises from his daughters room were from the boyfriend and he would have reacted accordingly. <BR/>Since he was ignorant of her activities, it's perfectly natural to assume noises are from a stranger breaking into your house, and opening the door to see a naked man in your daughter's room would provoke any father to act first, assess the age of the presumed assailant later.Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959637910926242468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post-47552098851603905192008-10-02T14:35:00.000-07:002008-10-02T14:35:00.000-07:00I'd rule the dad not guilty by reason of sanity.I'...I'd rule the dad not guilty by reason of sanity.<BR/><BR/>I'd have used the Boy Scout walking stick that is leaning up in the corner next to my bed; although I probably wouldn't have been aiming at his head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post-17591986353755796812008-10-02T11:16:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:16:00.000-07:00Palm Boy, I'm guessing that Dad thought he had a b...Palm Boy, I'm guessing that Dad thought he had a burglar and armed himself with the pipe before going to his daughter's room. Reality is that the young man is very lucky that he got hit with a pipe instead of a bullet.<BR/><BR/>Count me as well among the prospective juror pool who wouldn't vote to convict.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044859131970603127.post-14576610166523818012008-10-02T07:58:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:58:00.000-07:00Strange that the boy didn't take the opportunity t...Strange that the boy didn't take the opportunity to leave when the dad went to go and get a pipe... seems to me he earned it for standing around naked, and then being dumb enough not to run.RobertDWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.com