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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.""
This Luddite should recuse himself and allow the state to pick, at the very least, somebody who once hooked a modem up to a ZX Spectrum, if nobody more modern is available.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
This is a ridiculous story, and not nearly news-worthy. The judge did *exactly* what you would want a rational, thoroughly investigative judge to do. He didn't understand the evidence presented in the trial, so he asked questions. What exactly is the problem here?
UK isn't really part of Europe. Not only is it on an island, but it's not part of the EU, it uses a different currency, they drive on the other side of the road, the food is terrible, the girls aren't as pretty, etc. The UK really stands alone in most ways.