Re: OT: Judge Judy

user wrote:

> On 6/8/2024 4:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> D wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024, dsi1 wrote:
>> 
>>>> Bruce wrote:
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>>>>> 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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