Friday, March 7, 2014

Alan Turing - Pardoned

Alan Turing was a very intelligent man that contributed in the decoding of Enigma code. Mr. Turing uncoded many important messages that allowed the U.S troops decipher where the Nazis troops were. This provided the U.S troops and intelligence a great advantage during World War II. Sadly, later on in 1952, the US government found out that Mr. Turing was gay and at that time  homosexuality was a big taboo without mentioning that it was also against the law. Mr. Turing was giving the choice of being in a prison or being chemically castrated and he chose to be chemically castrated. He was also fired and his services were no longer used by the government. He died and later on he was giving a royal pardon by the British government. I think this is ridiculous. Mr. Turing was part of the key to winning War World II and his sexual preferences have nothing to do with this work. I honestly think he was a savior at that time. It doesn't really make a difference if he is pardoned after his death. If Mr. Turing would have been pardoned before he wouldn't have killed himself and he would probably had become an inventor of great things.
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