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we never did anything like 'model un' in high school

uraniun235 wrote:we never did anything like 'model un' in high school

Same here. Though we did a mock trial for alcohol in elementary school and I used a kid whose dad beat him as an example for why it was evil (I was prosecutor). I lost though because no one liked that kid plus drinking is cool.

Well

Not all mafia is one bad guy

we did mock trials and i managed to successfully convince twelve highschoolers not to award damages to the families of people who died on the titanic

i then went on to hang a jury later and be vindicated by the teacher

B-A-K-U-S-T-R-A wrote:we did mock trials and i managed to successfully convince twelve highschoolers not to award damages to the families of people who died on the titanic

i then went on to hang a jury later and be vindicated by the teacher

They... They knew about the lack of lifeboats, right?

B-A-K-U-S-T-R-A wrote:i then went on to hang a jury later and be vindicated by the teacher

i don't know what this actually means but i'm choosing to interpret it as you were such a good prosecutor you managed to get the jury executed along with the accused

Flagg wrote:

B-A-K-U-S-T-R-A wrote:we did mock trials and i managed to successfully convince twelve highschoolers not to award damages to the families of people who died on the titanic

i then went on to hang a jury later and be vindicated by the teacher

They... They knew about the lack of lifeboats, right?

Yes. Plaintiff emphasized that. But at the time, you were only required to have 16 lifeboats, while the Titanic had 20 with room to expand up to 64 as the law changed to account for ships quadrupling in volume. And I played that up as well as the random nature of the disaster in order to win sympathy. It's me, I'm a douchebag defense attorney, etc.

Manus Dei wrote:

B-A-K-U-S-T-R-A wrote:i then went on to hang a jury later and be vindicated by the teacher

i don't know what this actually means but i'm choosing to interpret it as you were such a good prosecutor you managed to get the jury executed along with the accused

God, I wish! But no, a hung jury is one that fails to return a verdict. The fake law that we were using required an unanimous verdict, and I refused to go along with a verdict of guilty, having seen Twelve Angry Men previously, so...

B-A-K-U-S-T-R-A wrote:

Flagg wrote:

B-A-K-U-S-T-R-A wrote:we did mock trials and i managed to successfully convince twelve highschoolers not to award damages to the families of people who died on the titanic

i then went on to hang a jury later and be vindicated by the teacher

They... They knew about the lack of lifeboats, right?

Yes. Plaintiff emphasized that. But at the time, you were only required to have 16 lifeboats, while the Titanic had 20 with room to expand up to 64 as the law changed to account for ships quadrupling in volume. And I played that up as well as the random nature of the disaster in order to win sympathy. It's me, I'm a douchebag defense attorney, etc.

Proving once again that juries are stupid.

I did a jury nullification when we were prosecuting cocaine.

And I have my revenge 8-)

I hope Thanas enjoys the face of David Cameron

Closest thing we did to a model UN was plan an excursion to an unexplored island in the south pacific. I volunteered the services of my fictional air freight company pro bono, had an advanced team dropped in a week in advance to hand-clear a strip for a C-130. The teacher approved this.

we didn't have model un

or mock trials

but we had a mock debate

i was moderator

there were many losers in that debate

but only one winner

me

Years ago in junior high school I participated in a mock trial. Not as a lawyer, but as the defendant.

The case was my character being accused of organizing and running a paramilitary organization.

Since the case didn't involve anyone getting killed or injured, my defense revolved around the right to peacefully assemble. With guns. :

For added lols, since I live near a naval base (and a JAG school on top of that), the mock trial was held on base as a military tribunal. With three naval justices presiding and everything.

Fairly prophetic, thinking back on it. :

P.S. my side won the case

Edi is a cunt. News at 11.

Oh Thanas, your arrogance never ceases to amuse me.

Flagg wrote:Edi is a cunt. News at 11.

"Hall Monitor Flag", meet "Failed Engineer Help Desk Edi".

this thread is worthless without links

adr wrote:this thread is worthless without links

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... 2&t=152629

fun fact on the article posting rule: it's illegal

the sdn rules require you to do copyright infringement if you post an article

adr wrote:fun fact on the article posting rule: it's illegal

the sdn rules require you to do copyright infringement if you post an article

I think the FBI will be very interested in this...

oh shit we're all doomed

Is it illegal in Canada?

I'm not sure, but probably; the basic copyright law is pretty common among the English speaking world.

The SDN rule is to copy it, in full, for the specific purpose of letting a mass of people bypass the original producer, which is pretty much the core thing copyright seeks to fight.

Huh, wonder who the hell you would even report that to here, the CRTC?

How about he hilarious rage for PAYWALLS

what do you mean it's not free???