Allen Turing recieves royal pardon

[The Dude]

Over 10,000 murders a year and a prison population of over 2 million is nothing to be proud of, that is happening now not 60 years ago.

Obviously the UK is embarrassingly better at this!
What should we do to copy that success.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Mott was hoping Obama would pardon Ohio sheep fuckers for Christmas.

What for?

 

[Truth Detector]

For those of you who don't know. Allen Turing is considered the father of modern computing. He is one of the greatest scientist/mathematicians in English history. His legacy is equal to that of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin as one of the most brilliant scientist England has ever produced.

Turing played in instrumental role in decoding the famous German Enigma coding machine which arguably ended WWII several years sooner.

In one of the most shameful periods of English history Turning was prosecuted and convicted of being homosexual. He was given an alternative of life in prison or chemical castration. He ended up by committing suicide by, as legend has it, eating an apple he injected with cyanide.

Steven Jobs and Steve Wosniak forever immortalized Allen Turing by naming their fledgling company "Apple" in Turing's honor. Note that the apple has a bite taken out of it. That is to honor a brilliant genius who was unfairly persecuted for his sexuality.

Though long over due it is outstanding that Queen Elizabeth has given a posthumous royal pardon for Turing. My hats off to the ole gal!

So if Turing had immigrated to AmeriKa instead of remaining in a fascist English state, he might have lived to a ripe old age?

I had no idea England had such strict laws against homosexuality.

 

[Truth Detector]

That's like big money and truth deflector figuring out Obama after the second election loss.

...or you actually constructing a coherent sentence once in your life.

 

[evince]

For those of you who don't know. Allen Turing is considered the father of modern computing. He is one of the greatest scientist/mathematicians in English history. His legacy is equal to that of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin as one of the most brilliant scientist England has ever produced.

Turing played in instrumental role in decoding the famous German Enigma coding machine which arguably ended WWII several years sooner.

In one of the most shameful periods of English history Turning was prosecuted and convicted of being homosexual. He was given an alternative of life in prison or chemical castration. He ended up by committing suicide by, as legend has it, eating an apple he injected with cyanide.

Steven Jobs and Steve Wosniak forever immortalized Allen Turing by naming their fledgling company "Apple" in Turing's honor. Note that the apple has a bite taken out of it. That is to honor a brilliant genius who was unfairly persecuted for his sexuality.

Though long over due it is outstanding that Queen Elizabeth has given a posthumous royal pardon for Turing. My hats off to the ole gal!

How many brilliant minds has mankind wasted to Prejudice?


when will se stop wasting those brilliant minds?

 

[Airstrip One]

Obviously the UK is embarrassingly better at this!
What should we do to copy that success.

Move there and become a subject.

 

[cancel2 2022]

So if Turing had immigrated to AmeriKa instead of remaining in a fascist English state, he might have lived to a ripe old age?

I had no idea England had such strict laws against homosexuality.

You are not very well clued up, I suggest that read up on Lawrence v Texas. The UK legalised homosexuality in 1967 except for northern Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas

 

[cancel2 2022]

Move there and become a subject.

Yeh it's terrible, we have to report to Buck Palace every year to be subjected to the Queen's pleasure.

 

[Big Money]

I don't see this as an America vs UK issue.

The fact is that Turing was fairly convicted under the law at the time. His victim was a minor.

His posthumous pardon (which I understand was executive rather than legislative) is a symbolic gesture pandering to current sensibilities.

 

[Canceled.2014.2]

For those of you who don't know. Allen Turing is considered the father of modern computing. He is one of the greatest scientist/mathematicians in English history. His legacy is equal to that of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin as one of the most brilliant scientist England has ever produced.

Turing played in instrumental role in decoding the famous German Enigma coding machine which arguably ended WWII several years sooner.

In one of the most shameful periods of English history Turning was prosecuted and convicted of being homosexual. He was given an alternative of life in prison or chemical castration. He ended up by committing suicide by, as legend has it, eating an apple he injected with cyanide.

Steven Jobs and Steve Wosniak forever immortalized Allen Turing by naming their fledgling company "Apple" in Turing's honor. Note that the apple has a bite taken out of it. That is to honor a brilliant genius who was unfairly persecuted for his sexuality.

Though long over due it is outstanding that Queen Elizabeth has given a posthumous royal pardon for Turing. My hats off to the ole gal!

This is fantastic....my hat is off to her as well.