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manchestereveningnews.co.uk - 8/18/2009

Campaign to win official apology for Alan Turing - News

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Campaigners are fighting to clear the name of Alan Turing, who was prosecuted in the 1950s for homosexuality Campaigners are fighting to clear the name of Alan Turing, who was prosecuted in the 1950s for homosexuality

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petitions.number10.gov.uk - 8/18/2009

Petition to: apologize for the prosecution of Alan Turing that led to his untimely death.

— petitions.number10.gov.uk — More details from petition creator Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He... laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us how to tell whether a machine could think. He was also gay. He ... (more) Petition to: apologize for the prosecution of Alan ...

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pleion.blogspot.com - 8/18/2009

Apologize to Alan Turing

— pleion.blogspot.com — Campaign to win official apology for Alan Turing Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born... in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us how to tell whether a machine could think. He was also gay. He was prosecuted for being ... (more) Apologize to Alan Turing

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scienceblogs.com - 8/18/2009

It's a little late for an apology to Alan Turing

— scienceblogs.com — But the sentiment is worthy. There is a petition you can sign asking the British government to... express some public remorse for what was done to Alan Turing . I'm sure you all know who he was, but just in case… Alan Turing was the greatest ... (more) It's a little late for an apology to Alan Turing

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Apologize to Alan Turing
Pleiotropy — Campaign to win official apology for Alan Turing Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us how to tell whether a machine could think. He was also gay. He was prosecuted for being gay, chemically castrated as a 'cure', and took his own life, aged 41. The British Government should apologize to Alan Turing for his treatment and recognize that his work created much of the world we live in and saved us from Nazi Germany. And an apology would recognize the tragic ...

It's a little late for an apology to Alan Turing
Pharyngula — ... how to tell whether a machine could think. He was also gay. He was prosecuted for being gay, chemically castrated as a 'cure', and took his own life, aged 41. The British Government should apologize to Alan Turing for his treatment and recognize that his work created much of the world we live in and saved us from Nazi Germany. And an apology would recognize the tragic consequences of prejudice that ended this man's life and career. There's also an article on the petition, with an online poll. Should there be an apology ...

Apologising to Turing
The Streeb-Greebling Diaries — Will it be possible to get an official apology for the persecution of Alan Turing as a homosexual in the 1950s? Maybe. Maybe not. It depends upon how fashionable Turing is considered to be, and whether the government judges places like Bletchley Park to be bringing in significant revenue from tourism. Under normal conditions it's extremely difficult to get an official apology for anything, even if the event in question was an unambiguous transgression of justice. If I were a whitehall bureaucrat my opinion would probably be that Turing was just ...