[Aristotelian]

The courts have lost their minds.

[isrul]

Many judges have become a real threat and at some time they will need to be addressed, if we are to survive.

[coloradan]

While we’re at it, let’s ban “guilty” and “innocent” too. They’re real prejudicial to the jury. As in, “My client is innocent” or “I urge you to find the defendent guilty.”

[6SJ7]

The word "crime scene" has been replaced with "picnic".

"Officer Brown, can you describe for the court the picnic?"
"Yes. We responded to a 911 call and when we arrived at the picnic we saw the picnicker lying on the ground."

[Red Badger]

PC idiocy................

[RogerD]

Judges are banning terms such as 'rape' and 'victim' as prejudicial to defendants.

Have they considered that the accurate terms are essential to a fair trial? The price for their political correctness will be confused jurors, criminals going free, and more "involuntary sexual intercourse participants" who can't call themselves "rape victims" in front of these pro-rapist judges.

Fortunately, Smith & Wesson and Winchester provide an alternative solution to the problem if the courts fail.

[popdonnelly]

Oh, for Pete’s sake. It’s bad enough the courts have to take into consideration the mental state and the sociological background of the poor convicted criminal. Now they feel compelled to use politically correct language that blurs reality. I thought that courts might be a refuge of objectivity.

[DManA]

Feminists have expanded the definition of rape. If a woman has second thoughts on Sunday afternoon does that mean she was raped Saturday night? No means no but you need to be a mind reader and prescient to know what yes means.

[GovernmentShrinker]

This issue needs to be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court. I can’t imagine a more important application of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. We have adversarial court proceedings so that opposing views can each get heard. Victim can say “he raped me”, defendant can say “I made love to her”, and the jury can decide which version they find more credible.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

When this train finally turns around....these damn judges better head for the hills....

[AngelesCrestHighway]

You have a woman who’s been raped and she has to say that she had sexual intercourse with the man, rather than calling him her attacker....

Would the damn judge be offended if she said “forceable sexual intercourse?”.....

[YOUGOTIT]

It is called left wing black robed dictators. And our Congress does not have the backbone to take the action necessary to stop their violation of the Constitution.

[Joe 6-pack]

"A steadily increasing number of courts across the United States are prohibiting...certain words..from..."victim" to "crime scene."

Somehow, I think if a judge making such a declaration were tarred and feathered, we'd see a resurgence in the use of those terms.

[Resolute Conservative]

That is just the stupidest, sorry I mean the most progressive...

[Alkhin]

To me, this is the perfect set up for Islamic takeover - Islamicists excell in parsing words and eradicating the meaning. To take the sting out of words like rape and murder is to make them legal and open the way for Islam to pillage women with impunity.

Beware.

[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

Like everything else in our culture, another example of dumbing down reality.

Remember:

BUMS are now HOMELESS.

DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUNKS are now SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. etc..............

[EternalVigilance]

They have forgotten one of the most important premises that civilization is built upon:

“Words mean things.”

[polymuser]

'Judge' has such a...judgmental ring to it. We should call them something else, too.