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Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown

Posted by timothy on from the mitigation-is-tricky-50-years-later dept.

99luftballon writes "The British government has officially apologized for the treatment of Alan Turing in the post war era. An online petition got more than enough signatures to force an official statement and Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a lengthy apology. 'Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan Turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can't put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him. So on behalf of the British government, and all those who live freely thanks to Alan's work I am very proud to say: we're sorry, you deserved so much better.'"

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  1. Hmmm! by resistant · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's nice to see a politician who can actually pass the Turing test.

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    1. Re:Hmmm! by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure the apology caused Alan Turing to halt for a moment.

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    2. Re:Hmmm! by russotto · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure the apology caused Alan Turing to halt for a moment.

      You'll never prove it.

  2. Re:Proud to be sorry, an odd concept by segedunum · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're obviously not familiar with Gordon Brown as a literary wordsmith.

  3. Re:Online petition by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since when is an online petition worth more than a squirt of piss?

    I'm pretty sure aiming a quart of piss at PM Brown wouldn't have gotten the same response.

    Pretty sure, anyway. Ya never know with those Brits...

  4. Why geeks don't care about homosexuality by trout007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Feel free to add more. 1. We are happy when anyone gets laid 2. The heterosexual geeks aren't threatened. I mean if we can't get girls to find us attractive no gay guy would. 3. Decreases denominator in available (girl/guy) ratio.

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  5. Re:It's about damn time. by Fael · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a Turing machine for that.

  6. Re:Online petition by Idarubicin · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a quart of piss...

    You crazy Yanks and your bizarre 'English' language. The correct UK spelling is B-U-D-W-E-I-S-E-R. And it comes in pints, not quarts.

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  7. Re:It's about damn time. by Kratisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, Hitler was more the case where, the enemy of my enemy is FUCK IT INVADE RUSSIA WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

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  8. Re:It's about damn time. by Xiph · · Score: 5, Funny

    And while it doesn't help me directly, it seems this phrase will get modded up.

    I genuinly appriciate it too.

    ps. i prefer insightful over funny, i'm not just a joker, i'm a karmawhore too!

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