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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 th
by 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 agoBigotry 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 agoOK, 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.