Not much of a day, but I feel I should report anyway. I got called on today in Civil Procedure, which sucked because I hadn't read the McKenna problem very carefully, but didn't suck because I understood the choice-of-law principles behind it. I managed to get off one good laugh from the class by replying, "Um... yes," to a very long and convoluted question. It was, happily, the right answer.

The day was largely boring I suppose because it involved lots of working ahead so I can miss Monday class and see you all. I'll be rolling into town around 4 or 5, first priority probably being catching my sister at the radio station.

Oh, I guess the other interesting thing is that I asked a lot of people who had been to India about whether they too thought that street violence isn't a big threat in various Indian slums, despite the immense poverty. Michael Albert thinks so. They all said that they felt very safe. I then asked them why. They mentioned a lot of different things, but all of them mentioned that there aren't any guns. Which, while I didn't push them on it, doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If you read the police blotter, only a handful of the muggings in DC involve a gun. Most don't even involve knives. It's a lot of pushing, grabbing, and shoving. So I still don't feel like I have a good answer to my question.
posted by weiss @ 11:44 PM