But they wouldn't pay money to a system they thought was abetting the injustice against the workers. The judge told them they had two months to ante up. What they didn't know, they say, was that they were supposed to appear in court two months later. So now here they were trading tales and survival tips with the women in their cell pod. And when they were released the next day on an I-bond, having promised to return to court in February, the local media flocked to greet them.
News is slow.
They don't want special treatment or sympathy. So at an age when stereotype would have them in the Barcalounger or at the bridge table, they remain determined to fix at least a little of what's wrong. Even if the price of the fight is a lot of bad bologna.