Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/9678117
Judge Silas Reid’s climate change scepticism came during an ongoing trial at Inner London Crown Court that began on Monday 19th February, regarding five women from Extinction Rebellion in the UK. Giving directions to the jury ahead of their deliberations, Reid said: “It is important to note that the circumstances which are relevant are those of the damage and not other circumstances… The circumstances of the damage do not include any climate crisis which may or may not exist in the world at the moment nor does it include whether nonviolent direct action can prompt change."
Judge Reid famously imprisoned one of the defendants currently on trial, Amy Pritchard, along with others, for mentioning the words ‘climate change’ whilst on trial last year. The report references UK courts’ attitudes to climate and environmental activists:: “They have forbidden protesters from mentioning climate change, thereby preventing them from explaining the reasons for their protest. Courts have held convicted environmental defenders who disregarded this prohibition in ‘contempt of court’ and imprisoned them for up to eight weeks.”
Judge Reid’s newly expressed doubts about the reality came on the same day as the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Michel Forst, released his latest report claiming that “state repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience” would pose “a major threat to human rights and democracy.”
How can we be sure Judge Silas Reid exists? Maybe he’s a hoax perpetrated by an amalgam of judges posing in his courtroom as part of a massive conspiracy. If that’s true, then his rulings are entirely invalid and can be ignored.
Who is to say his rulings weren’t just natural phenomena? A Gust of wind perhaps? You can’t rule it out.
What’s more, you can’t actually prove he exists. Like, maybe there’s a body in the robe in the courtroom making decisions, but that’s just one phenomenon. We can’t possibly conclude that all of the examples of Judge Silas Reid are connected somehow. A loving God wouldn’t ever do that.