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It's the very least we could do after having persecuted him whilst being alive even though he contributed so much. The apology he got years later always seemed
by philbarr 14y ago
It's the very least we could do after having persecuted him whilst being alive even though he contributed so much. The apology he got years later always seemed a little feeble to me.
- 7952 14y agoAs a memorial to persecuted gay people it would be more poignant to choose someone that people have ever heard of in the style of the unknown solider in the cenotaph. The damage done to Alan Turing was shared by many people who have just as much right to be recognised. The tragedy is not the destruction of genius but the destruction of hope and happiness and life. Put Michael Causer on a bank note.
- thomasthurman 14y ago(A pedant writes:) The unknown soldier is in Westminster Abbey. There's nobody in the Cenotaph, by definition (a cenotaph is an empty tomb).