Turing was persecuted by the state for what he was - a gay man - and the legal niceties that his crime was homosexual sex as opposed to homosexuality per se should not detract from this. This persecution goes beyond prosecuting against a law that may be deemed unjust such as cannabis possession. All in this legal position should have their convictions quashed.
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Pardon for Alan Turing
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostAll in this legal position should have their convictions quashed.
And people who brought those charges should also be "sterilised"...Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostWHS
And people who brought those charges should also be "sterilised"...Comment
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This is good news.
A pardon is the best that could be done, as he was homosexual and it was illegal at the time.+50 Xeno Geek Points
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Agree with zippy. Rather impractical to keep looking up details of old cases and pardoning everyone affected whenever a crime ceases to be a crime. Pardoning this one man does what is important, make a statement about our current attitudes.bloggoth
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostThis is good news.
A pardon is the best that could be done, as he was homosexual and it was illegal at the time.
The pardon is obviously welcome nonetheless.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostDefine "wrong"? There's nothing wrong IMO with breaking the speed limit when it's safe to do so, or possessing cannabis, to pick two examples. But you could be prosecuted for both of those. If the motorway speed limit was ever raised to 80mph, does that mean anybody who was ever caught at 70-80 would get an apology and their conviction overturned?
The apparent difference is just because people in general are enlightened enough to see the evil in trying to control people in some ways, but not enough to see it in the other ways yet. Before long prostitution will be legal, and then in turn everything else.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostAn Act of Parliament could overturn all convictions under the old Act.
The pardon is obviously welcome nonetheless.Comment
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Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostThere's no difference, except that it's easier to not speed or to not use cannabis (or anything else for that matter) than it is to not be who you are (and having sex with people you are attracted to is more core to your being, than your choice to smoke etc).
The apparent difference is just because people in general are enlightened enough to see the evil in trying to control people in some ways, but not enough to see it in the other ways yet. Before long prostitution will be legal, and then in turn everything else.
Lots of surrounding activities are not. But that is a different thing.Comment
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Originally posted by ASB View PostWhich is what happened with the armed forces act a few years ago. Pardoned those who had been executed for cowardice.Comment
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