Pardon for Alan Turing

[stek]

chemical castration for being gay....


in the 1950's jeezus I thought we were better than that

Maybe Rolf can have that?

[VectraMan]

I disagree with this, he shouldn't have been pardoned as he didn't do anything wrong. They should apologise.

Define "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?

[ASB]

chemical castration for being gay....


in the 1950's jeezus I thought we were better than that

He chose chemical castration. The punsihment at the time was imprisonment, or by choice probation and chemical castration.

[Lockhouse]

You can't rewrite history, they should have just left him unpardoned as that was the law at the time.

[ASB]

You can't rewrite history, they should have just left him unpardoned as that was the law at the time.

The pardon only means he has been forgiven. The conviction etc still stands. Were he alive the sentence would also be forgiven.

[russell]

Define "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?

Yeah because being chucked in prison or castrated for who you are is the same as speeding.

[Flashman]

As did a number of other people who have not been pardoned. I trust they will all be getting pardons in due
course.

Nope. Lots of those people are still alive and doing that that could open the doors to financial redress.

Best to stick to a cheap public relations gimmick

[Doggy Styles]

Yeah because being chucked in prison or castrated for who you are is the same as speeding.

That's a silly argument. There isn't a league table of what crimes should be pardoned every time in history there was a law change.

What's done is done. Turing has never been criticised by anyone outside the establishment for his gayness. He is considered a great man in our history. I'd rather remember that.

[AtW]

Took them long enough

BBC News - Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing

Better late than never, he was truly great man and it's total sad it had to end like this ...

[AtW]

You can't rewrite history, they should have just left him unpardoned as that was the law at the time.

What about Nazi laws which were laws at the time? This isn't much different really.