Good observation by Dr. Bain. Royal "Pardon" simply reflects the fact that the British aristocrats in general still treat homosexuality as a crime. The PM and the Justice Secretary have however admitted that great injustice was done to Turing and the law was discriminatory.
The Indian Supreme Court should feel ashamed of what they it has done by overturning the previous law.
The famous film director Rituporno Ghosh would have been sent to jail and sued if he were alive today.
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I have serious problems with the words, "pardon" and "amnesty", when they are applied to victims and fighters of injustice.Alan Turing did not do any crime, and he did not need any 'pardon'. The British government did a gross injustice to him in 1952 by castrating him. The British government and their royalty are the ones that needed pardoning by him (his departed soul or his family), not the other way around. Obviously, the British have not yet gotten civilized enough to seek an unconditional pardon from him, and are talking the nonsense of pardoning him instead.SuBain=====================================From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 9:33 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] Gay mathematician gets royal pardon
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