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Turing Petition

posted by [personal profile] purplecthulhu at 02:57pm on 17/08/2009
Petition at No. 10 to have an official apology for the homophobic hounding that led to Alan Turing's early death and official under-appreciation of his achievements:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/

Sign it - you know it's right.
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posted by [identity profile] vaughan-stanger.livejournal.com at 02:06pm on 17/08/2009
Thanks for pointing it out. Just signed it.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 02:11pm on 17/08/2009
Great!

You'll be pleased to know your name was being pinned to people's chests at Worldcon :-)
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posted by [identity profile] vaughan-stanger.livejournal.com at 02:14pm on 17/08/2009
That's vicarious attendance for you.
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posted by [identity profile] vicarage.livejournal.com at 02:33pm on 17/08/2009
I don't see the point official apologies from governments on behalf of people who who are dead towards the memory of those who are also dead.

If my ancestors enslaved your ancestors, I should be aware its bad for me to practice slavery, but I bear no burden of guilt.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 02:54pm on 17/08/2009
I see the point as being an official acknowledgement by living people in positions of some power to other living people who are still suffering from some level of prejudice that what happened is not now condoned.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 03:00pm on 17/08/2009
There's also the issue that some of the people responsible may still be around - it's not that long ago.

And seriously, Turing's contribution to the war effort was greater than many who were awarded medals and are commemorated with statues etc. If there is a point in commemorating these others, then Turing has to be as well.
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posted by [identity profile] inamac.livejournal.com at 04:21pm on 17/08/2009
I'm dubious about the value of any 'forced' 'apology for anything - especially by a governmnt with a bad track record for honour in any form I'd recognise.

Now a petition/subscription for a commemorative memorial somewhere appropriate (Bletchley Park? Parliament Square?) I'd sign up for like a shot.
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posted by [identity profile] fjm.livejournal.com at 08:03pm on 18/08/2009
A recent Radio 4 "comedy" set in Bletchley Park was full of homophobic innuendo. I welcome this petition because the issue has not gone away. As late as the 1980s gay people were officially regarded as too risky to recruit to the civil service.
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posted by [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com at 04:18pm on 17/08/2009
I'm a bit surprised this is still around - I thought I'd signed it last year. Or is it another one?
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 04:22pm on 17/08/2009
I thin it must be a new one - deadline's not until 2010... I didn't hear about an earlier one!
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posted by [identity profile] klwilliams.livejournal.com at 02:26am on 18/08/2009
Darn, you have to be a UK citizen to sign it. (OK, that's reasonable, but still.)
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