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Old 10-06-2005, 10:42 AM  
Mr.Fiction
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Originally Posted by misturcrowley
When Max had his trial for obscenity it was a hung jury and they dropped the case (if I remember correctly.) The jury was half women and all the women voted AGAINST the obscenity charge. Have you seen the women on juries? Mostly middle aged women and senior citizens. It's the men who wanted him convicted. Go figure. I've heard of other cases similar. Any thoughts on why this is?
Maybe because angry white men are more likely to be Republican and many Republicans hate free speech?
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