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I don't want Turing put on a note as "an apology". There are thousands (millions?) of people who have been mistreated by unjust laws in British history, of whic
by Jabbles 15y ago
I don't want Turing put on a note as "an apology". There are thousands (millions?) of people who have been mistreated by unjust laws in British history, of which Turing's case is sadly not the worst example. Turing's accomplishments in Computer Science and the help he gave the Allies in WWII are cause enough.
- bdg 15y agoAmazing contributions towards defeating the Axis. Response? "Yeah... but, at the time, being gay was illegal, so, ya know."
- VMG 15y agoThat was not the response. The actual response It is tragic that Alan Turing was convicted of an offence which now seems both cruel and absurd-particularly poignant given his outstanding contribution to the war effort. However, the law at the time required a prosecution and, as such, long-standing policy has been to accept that such convictions took place and, rather than trying to alter the historical context and to put right what cannot be put right, ensure instead that we never again return to those times. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/feb/07/alan-turing-pardon-lord-mcnally-lord-sharkey-computers http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/feb/07/alan...