"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:57:11 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Would you (and I specifically mean YOU) assign blame to the pilot of the
freight ship in the same way you would with the moron in the first
example?


That might really be the point. A jury is supposed to be of "peers,"
but I'll bet that no one on that jury has ever touched a boat.....

Time to take the jury on a boat ride, then.