PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAlan Turing was a fucking hero, and the British legal system drove him to suicidelemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1929arrow-down121
arrow-up1908arrow-down1imageAlan Turing was a fucking hero, and the British legal system drove him to suicidelemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareBoblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoAt least the queen forgave him for it eighty years later or something.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoThere was nothing to forgive. And it was too late for her to beg his forgiveness.
minus-squareBoblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI feel you’ve missed the ironic tone of my previous comment, because that’s precisely what I was referring to!
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoUpon second reading, it appears that I did. Apologies.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHe was pardoned 9 years ago…an entire lifetime after his death…
At least the queen forgave him for it eighty years later or something.
There was nothing to forgive. And it was too late for her to beg his forgiveness.
I feel you’ve missed the ironic tone of my previous comment, because that’s precisely what I was referring to!
Upon second reading, it appears that I did. Apologies.
Happens!
He was pardoned 9 years ago…an entire lifetime after his death…