Wow Martina...and to think that tons of US citizens spend a huge amount of time trying to figure out how to get OUT of serving. I have to admit that loss of income for the duration makes it very hard to serve.
I have to admit that when I looked around me in the jury pool room, I was terrified that some of those people would be making life and death decisions about other people...heck...some of them would have a hard time deciding what to eat for lunch...let alone something REALLY important! So its good to hear from lots of sensible people here that they would do their civic duty. Now that I'm retired, I would do it (and of course take some hand sewing with me).