I know that there are some fellow ITers who hang out on here. For those involved in computer security, this should be of interest. In any case, I'd like to draw attention to this. Please make up your own mind if you wish to sign or not. You may not believe that petitions like this have any value and we now live in different times but I believe Alan Turing (along with all the people from Blethley Park such as Tommy Flowers) is a hero!
From the petition website.
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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 consequences of prejudice that ended this man's life and career.
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Alan Turing pardon petition