A pardon won't make this brilliant man come back, who knows what more he could have done to help the world. He deserved to live a happier life. I'm sure they're not stupid enough to just now realize how idiotic their beliefs were, although I wouldn't be surprised. It always infuriates me when a decision is made for stupid reasons, then the outcome of that decision ends up being terrible, then years later when nothing can be done to change what already happened, the faults of the decision were finally discovered by the morons who made it in the first place.
Does such a purely symbolic moves really matter? I can't think of a reason why it would........
From a practical perspective no, not really, but I don't understand how one could not see the implications beyond that. It is essentially a massive apology from the government admitting that they for lack of a better phrase, fucked up, and were wrong. Of course it does not change anything in the past, but is potentially significant in regards to how the UK's government will be viewed in the context of this event years from now, and arguably says something about the direction they want to head. Humans are very emotional creatures, so symbolic events do have meaning to us. In fact, many would argue that emotions dictate morality.
Does such a purely symbolic moves really matter? I can't think of a reason why it would........
From a practical perspective no, not really, but I don't understand how one could not see the implications beyond that. It is essentially a massive apology from the government admitting that they for lack of a better phrase, fucked up, and were wrong. Of course it does not change anything in the past, but is potentially significant in regards to how the UK's government will be viewed in the context of this event years from now, and arguably says something about the direction they want to head. Humans are very emotional creatures, so symbolic events do have meaning to us. In fact, many would argue that emotions dictate morality.
@lamprey263: There is no reason to insult other users. Try to act like an adult.
I'm sorry you said the man did something wrong makes you a bigot in my view, I think I'm acting mature enough under the circumstances.
Chill out, laws change all the time and some laws we have today will seem wrong or barbaric in 69 years time. By our standards today he did nothing wrong, by the the standards of the 1950s he did.
I was watching a documentary on the British code breakers during WWII not too long ago and while they mentioned Alan Turing and his achievements, they conveniently failed to mention he was prosecuted for being gay and punished with chemical castration, which most likely contributed to his decision to commit suicide. They detailed the other famous code breakers post WWII life, so I thought that was interesting.
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