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pscot

(21,040 posts) Tue Dec 24, 2013, 10:03 AM Dec 2013

Queen pardons Alan Turing

Nearly 60 years after his death, Alan Turing, the British mathematician regarded as one of the central figures in the development of the computer, received a formal pardon from Queen Elizabeth II on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of homosexuality, at the time a criminal offense in Britain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-enigma-code-breaker-and-computer-pioneer-wins-royal-pardon.html?hp

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Queen pardons Alan Turing (Original Post) pscot Dec 2013 OP

An apology would have been more appropriate. Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #1

Pure symbolism, of course. MADem Dec 2013 #2

The Father of the Chaos Theory human_1 Mar 2014 #3

Xipe Totec

(44,109 posts)

1. An apology would have been more appropriate.

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2013, 10:10 AM

Dec 2013

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. Pure symbolism, of course.

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2013, 10:10 AM

Dec 2013

But it's a step in the right direction. If the rather ancient Queen can make this point, there's hope.

People are stupid. It takes them a long time to learn stuff...and then, once they learn it, they manage to forget it in a generation or three, and then have to learn it all over again.

Hopefully we've evolved to the point where we don't have to learn these lessons anymore.

human_1

(4 posts)

3. The Father of the Chaos Theory

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 07:38 PM

Mar 2014

A great man, he will always be remembered.

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