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Old 24-12-2013, 12:04   #57
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Re: Gay atheist hero and genius Alan Turing honoured by the Queen

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Originally Posted by Maggy J View Post
Well I wonder just how many of those 50,000 Tatchell is muttering about would have made any real contributions to society?Indeed how many would have been criminals and useless to society?

Having got that off my chest I'm perfectly happy for every maligned gay to be pardoned..BUT if it must start somewhere why not with Turing?Why must we seek to downplay his contributions?
no bodies downplaying his contributions Maggie ,it is fitting that his contributions are recognised but it is not fitting imo that everyone else who broke the law in the same way remain criminals whilst Turing is singled out and decriminalised

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Originally Posted by Russ View Post
Was this guy's "crime" that he admitted to being gay or that he did something associated with being gay?
He simply admitted to a homosexual relationship during an investigation for a burglary according to wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Tu..._for_indecency
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