Throw the Old Judge out (nod to Todd)
Judge Patterson states there is genuine worth in SVA book...because he read the first book to his grandchild and found the "magical world hard to follow". Quoted from http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/rowling-makes-fiery-return-to-stand/2008/04/17/1208025322650.html?page=2
"In an exchange with Johnson, Patterson explained that his firsthand experience with the Harry Potter novels was limited.
During a visit by his grandchildren, he read them the first half of the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
But, even in that quick read, he said, he found Rowling's "magical world'' hard to follow, filled with strange names and words that would be gibberish in any other context.
"I found it extremely complex,'' he said - even more so than the Dickens his own father read to him as a child.
The judge suggested there is genuine worth in a book like Vander Ark's, even if does nothing more than index the somewhat ridiculous sounding names of Rowling's characters."
[Cited correct, or nearly so, lol]
Persons who studied law tend to skim read a lot of things due to a perceived lack of time, too much on their case load, etc. My old boss thought the letter I wrote regarding my work with the firm to a trustee was libelous until he "actually" read my letter. This Judge appears to have done the same thing in reading to his grandchildren. This Judge has to go...Or on another happier note, they already have an appealable issue to bring to the higher courts, neutrality of the judiciary. Fun in following the case. Wish I was in NY.
"In an exchange with Johnson, Patterson explained that his firsthand experience with the Harry Potter novels was limited.
During a visit by his grandchildren, he read them the first half of the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
But, even in that quick read, he said, he found Rowling's "magical world'' hard to follow, filled with strange names and words that would be gibberish in any other context.
"I found it extremely complex,'' he said - even more so than the Dickens his own father read to him as a child.
The judge suggested there is genuine worth in a book like Vander Ark's, even if does nothing more than index the somewhat ridiculous sounding names of Rowling's characters."
[Cited correct, or nearly so, lol]
Persons who studied law tend to skim read a lot of things due to a perceived lack of time, too much on their case load, etc. My old boss thought the letter I wrote regarding my work with the firm to a trustee was libelous until he "actually" read my letter. This Judge appears to have done the same thing in reading to his grandchildren. This Judge has to go...Or on another happier note, they already have an appealable issue to bring to the higher courts, neutrality of the judiciary. Fun in following the case. Wish I was in NY.