[Klug-general] Alan Turing Pardon Petition

[Ben Keeley]

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George Prowse wrote:
> James Blake wrote:
>   
>> Hi All
>>
>> I've been campaigning for a long time for an official pardon for
>> Turing who, when facing prosecution in the UK for being homosexual,
>> committed suicide rather than face chemical castration.  My father was
>> the headmaster of Wavendon School in the grounds of Bletchley Park
>> where Turing worked to crack the German Enigma code (among others), so
>> I've always had an interest in the man and his work.  I know that this
>> is a little 'off list' but if it wasn't for Turing we'd all still be
>> using mechanical calculators and signing  Deutschland über alles every
>> morning...
>>
>> Alan Turing was one of our country's national heros hastening the end
>> of the Second World War and, along with Von Neumann, making some of
>> greatest contributions to the developing what is now considered a
>> computer.
>>
>> A petition on the same site to save Bletchley Park elicited a direct
>> response from the Prime Minister, it would be great if all of those
>> interested in this great man and the shameful way he was treated could
>> take the time to sign this petition.
>>
>> For those interested in cryptoanalysis and the part it played in
>> defeating the Nazis in the Second World War, there is an exhibition
>> this coming weekend at Bletchley Park celebrating the 70th anniversary
>> of Turing's arrival:
>>
>> http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/calendar/event_detail.rhtm?cat=special&recID=567861
>>
>> If you're interested in Turing there have been several books written
>> about him, but one of the best is David Leavitt's "The Man Who Knew
>> Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer" (ISBN
>> 978-0393052367)
>>
>> The petition for an official pardon for Turing can be found at:
>>
>> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>>     
>
> There are some things that are close enough to the topic to warrant a
> slight deviation but getting people to sign up for things - no matter
> what the subject - is too far.
>
> This subject is already on the klug website by you, why did you think it
> warranted a second inclusion?
>
> Also, can people STOP replying to emails and then changing the subject
> to reflect another completely different subject, you need to create a
> new email.
>
> George
>
>
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