Alan Turing Pardoned

[Colwyn]

The war hero Alan Turing invented the machine that broke the Enigma code and hence gave North Atlantic supply convoys information on German U boat movements and enabled them to break through to Britain. He was convicted of homosexulality in 1952 and given the option of a gaol sentence or chemical castration. Two years later he committed suicide. He has now been given a full pardon by the Queen and his criminal record wiped clean. This was not so long ago. His barbaric treatment was when I was a lad.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html

[KKOB]

I really don't see the point in ANY postumous pardon.

[Jacqui Harvey]

It has been said this man shortened the war by 2 years and saved millions of lives.  How disgraceful to have treated him this way.   
I think he needs no pardon, he did nothing wrong.

[tiggsy]

It has been said this man shortened the war by 2 years and saved millions of lives.  How disgraceful to have treated him this way.   
I think he needs no pardon, he did nothing wrong.

This.  Jacqui (I agree)

Strange in this day and age that Elton John should be given a knighthood, yet Alun Turning should be chemically castrated. From one extreme to another in such a comparatively short time.

[Scunner]

I tend to agree with KKOB. It is pleasant that he is being acknowledged for his undeniable contribution to shortening the war, but pardoning him doesn't seem much good now. To him I mean.

[KKOB]

I tend to agree with KKOB.

**ck ! Is it Christmas already ?

[Scunner]

Sorry

[thebillet]

The issue that strikes me is that lots of other individuals were convicted but were not famous, when do they get their pardon?

 While it might not make a difference to one individual it surely makes a difference to their families and to others like them today to have it officially recognised that it is not a crime to be gay but should never have been a crime in the past either. If I had done nothing wrong and was convicted of a crime I would want my name cleared. There is little more valuable to us than our honour, reputation and integrity, to have these sullied by a wrongful conviction is a wrong that should be righted.

[kaptainkrunchie]

Well deserved pardon. He was a pain in the a*se to some Germans

[KKOB]

He was a pain in the a*se to some Germans

And no doubt some Brits.