PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前Alan Turing was a fucking hero, and the British legal system drove him to suicidelemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1923arrow-down121
arrow-up1902arrow-down1imageAlan Turing was a fucking hero, and the British legal system drove him to suicidelemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前message-square69fedilink
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·8 天前At least the queen forgave him for it eighty years later or something.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·8 天前There was nothing to forgive. And it was too late for her to beg his forgiveness.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 天前I 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-up2·7 天前Upon second reading, it appears that I did. Apologies.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 天前He 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…