Showing posts with label society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label society. Show all posts

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Naked

The last few days were surprisingly hot here and we have been spending a lot of time outside on the playground.
Gwen: It is really hot. I should take all the clothes off and run around naked.
Me: Well, even though I understand you it is not really acceptable in society.
Gwen: Why?
Me: There are social rules of behavior...
Gwen: Who came up with those rules? In the museum there are lot of naked people so they were allowed to run around then, why not now?
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How do you answer a question like that?

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Presumption of innocence

I was summoned for jury duty and was trying to explain with Gwenchik what is it for starting with presumption of innocence.

Gwen: But what if the jury is bored or just do not like the person. You know so many people just look guilty....