[Gllug] Alan Turing petition

[- Tethys]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM, David
Damerell<damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> It is the same Crown's Government. It's even the same Queen.
>
> I don't see that it will do a lot of good, but there clearly is some
> continuity in the British state between then and now.

Yes, but equally, there are clearly thousands of injustices committed
by previous governments. I'd rather the current government spent its
time and effort fixing the problems of today, rather than apologising
for the actions of its predecessors. Why stop with Alan Turing? Why
not demand an apology for Fred Smith of Walton Gardens, who was
unfairly treated by the government of 1957. Or Jimmy Walpole, who
suffered a humiliating ordeal at the hands of a minor government
official in 1934? Turing has a higher profile, but is he any more
deserving of an apology? I'd rather the government just got on with
the job of governing the country.

Tet

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