BBC Website - Technology - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm.
"Thousands of people have signed a Downing Street petition calling for a posthumous government apology to World War II code breaker Alan Turing.
Writer Ian McEwan has just backed the campaign, which already has the support of scientist Richard Dawkins.
In 1952 Turing was prosecuted under the gross indecency act after admitting to a sexual relationship with a man. Two years later he killed himself."
I've signed this petition -
Government petition website - http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to apologize for the prosecution of Alan Turing that led to his untimely death.
Submitted by John Graham-Cumming – Deadline to sign up by: 20 January 2010 – Signatures: 12,041"
No comments:
Post a Comment