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I mean, it is likely that no one in the UK government in 2009 even knew Turing or had anything to do with his persecution. The UK decriminalized homosexual acts
by jm__87 10y ago
I mean, it is likely that no one in the UK government in 2009 even knew Turing or had anything to do with his persecution. The UK decriminalized homosexual acts between men in 1967 and added further legislation in 1994 and 2000. More likely some of the people in government in 2009 had helped draft the most recent legislation and had no problem with Turing being a homosexual...
- dwaltrip 10y agoI think making the statement is powerful and meaningful in and of itself, even if no one is still around from when it happened.
- vertex-four 10y agoOn the other hand, the Government as an organisational entity is a direct continuation from past Governments which did terrible things. Organisations are not just the people who currently make them up - they're long-living entities in their own right with sometimes vast history that resulted in what they are today. The organisation - and the people in it - shouldn't get to reap the benefits of its history while simultaneously ignoring anything harmful it might've done.