Ineverlie&I'malwaysri
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 Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:20 am Post subject: Hypocrite, ingrate UK does aboutface re: Turing |
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His code-breaking genius helped to win WW2, and he is considered the father of modern computing as well as artificial intelligence, but apparently following stupid, outdated, unjust laws simply for their sake is more important to gov't bureaucrats than contributions to good and the progress of mankind.
Government rejects a pardon for computer genius Alan Turing
But the campaign goes on in his centenary year, with support from all over the world. Leading US mathematician calls for 'hullabaloo in the UK' over the decision
The government has given an initial rebuff to the campaign for a pardon for Alan Turing, the brilliant British 'father of the computer' whose career ended in tragedy after a gross indecency conviction at a time when gay sex was against the law.
Signatures are gathering on an e-petition for a pardon but the justice minister Lord McNally used the precedent argument to discourage the notion in the House of Lords.
Asked by the Liberal Democrat Lord Sharkey whether a pardon would be considered, to mark this year's centenary of Turing's birth which is the subject of international scientific celebrations, he told peers:
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The question of granting a posthumous pardon to Mr Turing was considered by the previous Government in 2009.
As a result of the previous campaign, the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an unequivocal posthumous apology to Mr Turing on behalf of the Government, describing his treatment as "horrifying" and "utterly unfair". Mr Brown said the country owed him a huge debt. |
| Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote: |
| It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of the Second World War could have been very different. |
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