What is this "web site" you speak of?

[Lanya]

"Web site" baffles Internet terrorism trial judge

By Mark Trevelyan Wed May 16, 1:22 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - 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.
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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."

Violent Islamist material posted on the Internet, including beheadings of Western hostages, is central to the case.

Concluding Wednesday's session and looking ahead to testimony on Thursday by a computer expert, the judge told Ellison: "Will you ask him to keep it simple, we've got to start from basics."

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[BT]

I'm surprised the prosecution and defense did not take this into consideration while preparing the case.

[Plane]

Wow, does a judge need to understand the means used in a crime?

Perhaps he judge should recuse himself from such cases untill he can catch up?

Or is his ignorance a good thing?

How much of his time on the clok will be devoted to a semanar on internet use?