Seems to me like the practice of using voter registrations to get lists of potential jurors is a hangover of the pre-Civil Rights South. Since for all intents and purposes, black people couldn’t register to vote, using voter registrations lists to compile juror lists all but ensured all-white juries.

ETA: And can we make a topic drift or what?

I get called for jury service quite regularly (once every 2-3 years), but I’ve never been selected for a jury (and rarely even made it to voir dire). I strongly suspect the prosecutors peg me for a bleeding heart liberal the moment I step foot in the box.

This reminds me, though, that I wanted to say I don’t think the fact that bestsellers are uploaded to pirate sites more than non-bestsellers says anything about the uploader/sharer’s “love” for that book. I think it’s all about supply/demand. More copies of a book being sold means more copies are out there for people to strip the DRM from and share.

That said, I’m sure many people who share files (be they books, music, movies, etc.) don’t truly appreciate the degree to which they are depriving their favorite artist of income. It’s a little like voting, I suppose. There are just an awful lot of people who think their one vote/one purchase doesn’t amount to much and won’t be missed/doesn’t matter.

They are, of course, wrong.