I've just been notified that I'm going to be called for jury service at some point in the next 3 weeks, which I feel rather ambivalent about. On one hand I'm happy to be involved in what I consider to be an important part of the democratic process, but on the other, I have a real sense of unease about it, based largely I suppose on the possibility that I might contribute towards someone else's suffering. Now I'm certainly not looking to get out of it, but I noticed that excusal can be applied for by people who "are a practising member of a religious society or order the tenets or beliefs of which are incompatible with jury service". So I'm interested to hear if anyone thinks being a Buddhist is in any way incompatible with jury service?
