Today I was flipping through the news channels and saw a blurb about how Christina Applegate was chosen to serve on the Richard Blake trial. She hasn't convinced the judge so far that she should be released from serving as a juror but is going to site her busy film schedule as a reason to be excused. If I find out this worked for her I am going to be outraged!

I served on a murder trial in Dec 2002. There was a surgeon on the jury that tried to site his busy schedule (of saving lives that is) and the judge told him that everyone has a busy schedule. Parent's have to find care for the children they care for, heads of businesses have to delegate and risk terrible loss, etc. If a surgeon can't be excused, an actress certainly shouldn't!

I am so sick of entertainers being treated by different rules. They are simply people who are very good at what they do. I don't see them any differently than anyone else who excels at their own craft. They aren't gods. They get a lot of special treatment that comes with wealth but things like duty to their society should not be waived. They should have to pay for their freedoms in the same way the rest of us do. If Ms. Applegate showed up in court for some reason, I am sure whe would think nothing of a doctor putting his patients aside for her cause. I just find this outrageous!