Re: OT: Judge Judy

On 6/8/2024 4:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> D wrote:
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>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024, dsi1 wrote:
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>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>> Recently, some of you expressed admiration for Judge Judy. Here's the
>>>> opinion of a female American judge whose diary I'm reading:
>>>
>>>> "I doubt that there is a single female judge in all fifty states who
>>>> views Judge Judy as her role model. I have watched her show several
>>>> times and each time I was appalled. If I talked to parties the same
>>>> disrespectful way as Judge Judy, I would be brought up on ethics
>>>> charges by the Commission on Judicial Performance. She is demeaning,
>>>> sarcastic, ill-tempered, and just plain mean. It may be good for
>>>> ratings, but it's not real judging. I am disappointed that the public
>>>> thinks that Judge Judy's style is characteristic of woman judges."
>>>> Katherine Mader, "Inside the Robe"
>>>
>>>> Thank you, Ms Mader. 
>>>
>>> When I went before a Judge in CA, the guy went over the charge with me
>>> all the while keeping his face buried in a document on the desk. After
>>> I
>>> said my part, he paused a while, then looked up at me. It was the first
>>> time I saw his face. I thought he looked like a young, non-crazy, Brian
>>> Wilson. Nice beard. He said "Okay, case dismissed."
>>> I figure that he believed that justice should be blind and had already
>>> come to a judgement before he looked up. "The Judges here are cool" is
>>> what I thought. They wouldn't be very entertaining on TV though. When
>>> I'm before a Judge, I don't need entertaining banter and sarcasm. The
>>> only thing I want to hear is "Okay, case dismissed."
>>>
> 
>> Sigh... you didn't even get to say "you want the truth??". Definitely 
>> nothing for TV! ;)
> 
> That happened to me in the San Francisco Bay area. My second brush with
> the law over there was late at night as I was entering onto the freeway.
> There was a car rapidly coming up behind me. That gave me some concern.
> I was in a Mazda RX-2 which was quite zippy so I brought my speed up.
> The car behind me was still approaching so I went a little faster. Then
> the cops pulled alongside me. "Slow down!" he said through his
> megaphone. What a scare! Then it zoomed off ahead of me and disappeared
> into the night. Ha ha, lesson learned.
> https://www.californiaclassix.com/Bernard/RX-2-1.html

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