Judge Doesn't Know What a Web Site is

An anonymous reader writes "A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like "Web site" in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet. Judge Peter Openshaw broke into the questioning of a witness about a Web forum used by alleged Islamist radicals. "The trouble is I don't understand the language. I don't really understand what a Web site is". he told a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws. Prosecutor Mark Ellison briefly set aside his questioning to explain the terms "Web site" and "forum." An exchange followed in which the 59-year-old judge acknowledged: "I haven't quite grasped the concepts.""

Comments

omg lol wtf?

[Anonymous Coward]

fp?

Re:Maybe he should recuse himself.

[iminplaya]

Or shit from shinola?

Prince Harry a coward?

[Anonymous Coward]

Britain's army reversed course Wednesday and announced that Prince Harry will not be sent to Iraq with his regiment What, Harry is too good to serve his country now? Glad to see Britain's military continuing to make the empire proud following that outstanding performance by Faye Turnay et al.

Off topic you say? Only because slashdot won't allow topics humiliating to the british eg. the Iranian hostage crisis.

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[Virak]

Madness? This is SLASHDOOOOOT!

Google changing their whole search engine?

[Anonymous Coward]

Not worthy of discussion on slashdot?

(Only an insecure homosexual fellow would mod this in any negative way.)

Re:wow...

[Benaiah]

Thats it!
I have a CS degree, I'm gonna enrol in law school so I can protect myself from the MAFIAA and speeding tickets.
  Oh and if I ever decide to go on a murderous rampage perhaps my legal background could protect me from persecution.
Law+Government != Justice+Freedom

Re:Maybe he should recuse himself.

[iminplaya]

(Score:0, Offtopic)

Jeeze! Somebody really needs to remove the moderators who lack a sense of humor. They contribute absolutely nothing to the forum. We're not operating heavy machinery here, folks. Get a grip, and learn how to laugh a little. Maybe they just need a little vacation or something. A little R&R with some good sex can do wonders for the soul. But they should lay off the testosterone for a while and restore some balance to their pitiful lives.

Re:wow...

[Zencyde]

look! it's a bird, it's a plane, it's....a girl? yes, a girl browsing Slashdot on Linux

A girl? Where? Are you, sir, proclaiming that you are, in fact, a woman? I do not believe it! I have long-since come to realize that there are no women on the Internet. The fact that you would say such a thing is blasphemy in the eyes of His Great Noodliness. Also, even if there WAS a woman on the Internet, why would she be on Slashdot, of all places? (Okay, I'm just being mean. : /)