Thoughts on Alan Turing ' s pardon?

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As far as I know a Royal Pardon does not mean that no offence was committed / no law broken so no precedent is created with regard to others convicted of the same actions, unfortunately.

If I was a cynical person I might think that this has more to do with the Conservative Party's campaign for the next General Election than a genuine concern for human rights.

As I write this the Ugandan Government is planning to pass legislation to make homosexuality illegal . How sad is that?...Show more

Why should Alan Turing get a pardon? Either they have pardoned all people who were barbarically treated under anti-homosexuality laws, and can re-iterate that for Alan Turing, or they haven't, in which case this special treatment only highlights the problem that former convicted gay people are still regarded as criminals.

There should be no situation in which the queen should have to give Alan Turing in particular a pardon....Show more

Trying to rewrite history is pointless in my view .
And where do you stop with this ?
At least 50,000 other men where convicted under the same laws and its an odds-on chance that several of them were equally valuable and worthy people who had done marvellous things in their lives - - - Why shouldn't THEY now also get pardons ?
Are we going to Pardon everyone convicted of witchcraft ?
Everyone transported for committing minor crimes ?
Sir Thomas More , Anne Boleyn and Sir Walter Raleigh ?...Show more

Not sure why Turing should be singled out. there must be plenty of other men who were likewise convicted under the same law. Why is Turing a special case?...Show more

so should all those Imprisoned under those Draconian Laws he saved us and Got stabbed in the Back

there was a Cpl who served in Korea with the RAF was told to leave the RAF or Go to Prison he left

he served as well as any other person and a Victim who lost a Career

today they serve with the same Honor but less Victimization...Show more