TW: homophobia
Alan Turing was the father of modern computer science, a hero of World War II, and one of the greatest minds of the past century.
He was also a homosexual, and for that, the British government had him chemically castrated and eventually drove him to suicide.
Today, almost a century since Turing’s birth, the House of Lords refused to grant Turing a pardon posthumously for his “crimes”. The crime of depriving the world of Turing’s genius, however, shall never be redressed.
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Chemically castrating an innocent man= fine Being gay = wrong Sometimes I really hate
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Computer Science, still...homosexuality during...centenary...
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