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eksith on July 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Peers call for a pardon for Alan Turing [video]

Indeed. Absolving him of any wrongdoing in the first place would have been appropriate, but pardon may be the only recourse to push through the House.

Ironic that we now have Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Elton John, two men who would have met the same fate in Turing's time.

philhippus on July 20, 2013 [–]

The fact that we have "Sirs" Ian and Elton is proof that we have moved on. It is a different world since Turing's time. We also used to burn people alive for heresy. An official apology was gesture enough on this matter.

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