Local Palve Sture was one day reading a book, but the book did not have any pictures. To Sture, this was an atrocious act, and he took it up to the municipal court. We at the Hecrenews were able to get top notch footage (but no video) of the events which occured during the trial. Since we are writers and not legal people, we only understood the gist of it, but it was a very interesting trial.

The prosecution began. Sture’s attorney was very eloquent and talked about the history of books and the accessibility of knowledge. “Knowledge should be open to everyone, it is knowledge which allows us to succeed in society, and to move society forwards.” His speech went on for about 5 minutes, and then the defense began. Then the trial proceeded. Sture’s attorney’s argument was basically how education should be made available to everyone, even those who couldn’t read so pictures should be required in books.

An interesting turn was when the judge interrupted the procession and began asking some questions of her own. She asked Sture about his education. It turns out Sture had dropped out of school in first grade to start his company. He said he was following the great minds of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs and believed he was going to do better because he dropped out of school earlier. The judge began laughing out loud and the jury was bemused and amused. The judge told him he simply hasn’t learned to read so the argument of equal education to everyone is invalid. Sture had the opportunity to learn how to read in elementary school, but he did not grasp that opportunity leaving him where he is now, a man who is unable to read books without pictures. The trial ended and Sture did not win the lawsuit, but he was required to visit a tutor who would help him learn how to read English so he can read books without pictures.