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Konrad Zuse was not gay.

• sumedh 12y ago
  I think he is talking about Alan Turing.
  • eevilspock 12y ago
    On one hand, we have a man who worked with the Nazis, and on the other, we have a man persecuted and chemically castrated by the British government for his sexual orientation, who many believe committed suicide as a result.
• aikah 12y ago
  hmm ,i guess he is talking about Alan Turing who was literaly sentenced to a horrible treatment for being gay. That's one of the greatest shame of UK,it symbolizes bigotery in its purest form.
  • oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
    Compared to which country that has never persecuted anyone for being gay?
    • aikah 12y ago
      This isnt a bigotery contest hey? I was talking from the point of view of someone who has the greatest respect for what Turing has done.I mean that's a shame that everything he has done for his country mattered very little when he was judged for being gay.
      • omonra 12y ago
        Bigotry is a wrong word to use (afaik) in a historical context. It simply means 'what we consider unacceptable by today's social norms'. It was absolutely stupid and unjust (since most upper classes were involved in buggery in school anyways) - but calling it bigoted is like saying 'it was so yellow of them to do'.
      • oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
        OK, maybe I mis-read your original comment. It came across as being very anti-UK: "That's one of the greatest shame of UK,it symbolizes bigotery in its purest form." but I accept I might have read stronger sentiment into that than was intended.
  • oracuk 12y ago
    It was one of our (many) great failings and as a nation we have accepted that: Prime Ministers Apology: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/11/pm-apology-to-alan-turing http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/11/pm-apology-to-a... Royal Pardon: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Al...
    • thathonkey 12y ago
      Well, at least there's that.
    • natch 12y ago
      Is it possible to knight someone posthumously? Has this happened?
      • crazypyro 12y ago
        No. No. In fact, in past times ( of kings and queens), one man was killed in a battle and his brother was given a much higher title because you cannot give the honorable title to a deceased individual.
        • codeoclock 12y ago
          Not only can you not knight deceased people, but when knights die they lose their title. #QuiteInteresting. #whenwillhnsupporthashtags.
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