[jacketree]

[quote author=leftcoast link=topic=12103.msg117907#msg117907 date=1431051447]
Setting aside the Deflate Gate (which I believe exceeds 51%) how do people feel about handing out sanctions against a 51% probability standard?

That seems a low hurdle for taking away someone's livelihood.

I don't think Brady's kids are going to go hungry if he's suspended for a couple of games on account of deflategate.

BC
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Lefty said "setting aside Deflategate", so I thought he meant generally what do we think about 50% plus one as a decision making standard.  That's used in Assessment District formation (Prop. 218) for property owners based on valuation, but not in passing a tax (2/3). Very interesting question.  I may have jury duty in Superior Court starting Monday, so it could be civil (preponderance) or criminal (unanimous). I have been very lucky in the past. Almost always on Friday and dismissed - only made it into the box once for a very ugly criminal case.  I was two chairs away when they seated the jury.  Given my current crushing workload and schedule chock full of meetings next week, I have a bad feeling about this.  Not that I am unwilling to perform my civic duty. The thought of working through the night in my day job just to keep everything from collapsing isn't all that appealing.

P.S.  Can you imagine a world in which the 1972 DNC was headquartered at a HoJo instead of the Watergate? What would we label every scandal?

[jacketree]

[quote author=leftcoast link=topic=12103.msg117907#msg117907 date=1431051447]
Setting aside the Deflate Gate (which I believe exceeds 51%) how do people feel about handing out sanctions against a 51% probability standard?

That seems a low hurdle for taking away someone's livelihood.

I don't think Brady's kids are going to go hungry if he's suspended for a couple of games on account of deflategate.

BC
[/quote]

Lefty said "setting aside Deflategate", so I thought he meant generally what do we think about 50% plus one as a decision making standard.  That's used in Assessment District formation (Prop. 218) for property owners based on valuation, but not in passing a tax (2/3). Very interesting question.  I may have jury duty in Superior Court starting Monday, so it could be civil (preponderance) or criminal (unanimous). I have been very lucky in the past. Almost always on Friday and dismissed - only made it into the box once for a very ugly criminal case.  I was two chairs away when they seated the jury.  Given my current crushing workload and schedule chock full of meetings next week, I have a bad feeling about this.  Not that I am unwilling to perform my civic duty. The thought of working through the night in my day job just to keep everything from collapsing isn't all that appealing.

P.S.  Can you imagine a world in which the 1972 DNC was headquartered at a HoJo instead of the Watergate? What would we label every scandal?