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Alan Turing Pardoned
First time accepted submitter a.ferrier writes "Today's computing would be unthinkable without the contributions of the British mathematician Alan Turing, who laid down the foundations of computer science, broke Nazi codes that helped win World War II at the famous Bletchley Park, created a secure speech encryption system, made major contributions to logic and philosophy, and even invented the concept of Artificial Intelligence. But he was also an eccentric and troubled man who was persecuted (and prosecuted) for being gay, a tragedy that contributed to his suicide just short of the age of 42 when he died of cyanide poisoning, possibly from a half-eaten apple found by his side. He is hailed today as one of the great originators of our computing age. Today he received a royal pardon."
It's BRITISH, you retard. BRITISH.
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Excuse me?!
Who the hell are *you* to say that Alan Turing deserves a knighthood more than David Beckham? David Beckham kicked a fucking round ball around for a living. How many goaldowns did Alan Turing ever make?!
We had this conversation when the government apologised to him, and then people said that was not enough. Now they pardoned him... where are the pardons for people who are living in the UK today who have been convicted under these laws, and still are living with a criminal record?
One question we could have now, with the advent of same sex marriage, is why incest laws should be followed with same sex marriages. There's no logical reason why I should not be able to marry my son, brother, or father, except for people thinking it's weird.
Note : I do _not_ want to marry my father (I don't have a son or brother, and doubt I would want to marry them if I did, besides, he's still married to my mother).