Thursday, May 17, 2007

Ignorance of the law is no excuse

It is excusable for Paul Hill one of the Guildford 4, upon release from prison, not to have kept up with modern technology. For example, he wanted to send a Telegram to let someone know that he had been released. It was explained to him that Telegrams no longer exist, and it was suggested that he instead send a fax. To which he replied "What's a fucking fax?".

However, no such excuse for a judge presiding over an internet trial involving alleged terrorism to ask the question "What is a website ?".

It's what you do when you want to catch a butterfly, m'lud, get it int'net.

Let's hope that the learned judge knows the difference between guilty and not guilty...

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