Tuesday, July 10, 2007
My God an iPod
....... or Jukebox Jury?
I couldn't quite decide which byline to use, but either way, it just goes to show how far these little 'toys' have permeated all areas of society.
I wager that this errant young lassie will come to realise just how fundamental Jury Service is as part of a British Citizen's duty.
However, I wonder how much the apparent religious affiliation of the perpetrator had to do with the media interest in this incident. If it had been a chavette in a hoodie would it be so news worthy? Amusing yes, but I cannot help but think that there is an underlying agenda in the reporting.
I rather suspect her fascination with technology and rock'n'roll might not go down so well with her own religion's elders, but it is not as if I haven't suffered the onslaught of modern technology coupled with ancient belief systems, such as when living in an Islamic country I was woken at 5am by Muezzins calling the faithful to prayer from minarets bedecked with multiwatt amplified speakers that wouldn't have looked out of place at Glastonbury. Give me a merry bunch of campanologists any day!
Anyway, help is at hand for the poor wee lassie.
Nevertheless, when the sentencing time comes round I can almost hear the Judge uttering those immortal words of Brummie Janice Nicholls from the contemporary programme 'Spin a Disc', "I'll give it five."
p.s.
Those clever 'Jobbers' have also come up with the latest gizmo for British Airways' check-in staff.
© Chill Bill
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To plagurise the infamous Clash lyrics,
ReplyDelete"Sharif (sheriff) don't like it, Rock the Casbah"
That young lassie deserves to go to prison for that.
ReplyDeleteI have been on jury service and I found it very hard work, the concentration you need is unbelievable.
She's treating it with contempt.