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Yes, I think an abject apology was/is due him.
How terrible is man's cruelity one to another.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 4, 2014 at 1:42 AM
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such were the cruelties of those days...so sad...but (every pun intended in this) wasn't shoving up the arse what caused the whole problem in the first place....yikes! sorry it's not funny but couldn't resist
thankfully society has matured substantially
posted by
Annicita
on January 3, 2014 at 8:09 PM
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Nautikos
Well written my friend, and so unjust and cruel for the man.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 3, 2014 at 6:54 PM
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Great Post Naut. No broom comming your way tonight. You are quite in my good books with this Post. (besides at -27 it is too cold to poke my nose outside let alone into other people's business.)
posted by
Kabu
on January 3, 2014 at 4:04 PM
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I like what you said, and admire the way you said it.
Turing was just one of many who paid heavily for others' narrow minds and cruelty.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 3, 2014 at 1:20 PM
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I would feel the same way, too, about such a pardon if I were him.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 3, 2014 at 9:17 AM
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Our society tends to be sadly absolutist in its judgements
of right and wrong, good and evil. The judgement that homosexuality is evil is not shared by all societies, and some actually live in a 4-gender world, making a legitimate place for their homosexuals, male and female.
Those who hate and fear and punish people who make them uncomfortable are exercising a basic primate impulse, just as CC's chickens kill the different one without thought or real reason.
The genetics that create 'gayness' also seem very often to carry a gift of talent, intellect and artistry that have contributed much to human culture.
posted by
Ciel
on January 3, 2014 at 8:50 AM
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Re:
it was very Sad in a way Naut. It just makes one realize that basically we are not a lot different to other creatures. Throw a black hen into a flock of white ones and they will peck it to death. Basically though in this case it must have been the so called hierarchy who called the shots, I don't think the commoners as they have been known to be called would have given a toss, or the gallant women who worked endlessly on the project.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 3, 2014 at 8:22 AM
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if i wrote a poem about turing i would say
too bad
he screwed
if he did it
today
he'd perhaps find his way.
is he looking down
or up now
maybe he's a clown.
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on January 3, 2014 at 7:24 AM
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