Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing
by mooism2 on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:06AM
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They can't pardon David Kelly. He wasn't ever charged with anything, much less convicted, was he?
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Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing
by bwarp on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:17AM
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Not every part of the government operates under the same rules as us. If they don't want someone around, they bully them to suicide or kill them (opinions are open as to what happened there). Then they run a public inquiry, ironically headed by school chums of the ruling class to shut people up about it.
Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing
by mooism2 on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:36AM
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Even accepting what you say, having been convicted of a crime is a necessary prerequisite for receiving a pardon.
Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing
by hahaiamatwork on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:38AM
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This isn't a conspiracy theory site. For the sake of polite conversation this isn't the place to start making such claims.
Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing
by JeremyBanks on Monday February 06, 2012 @10:13AM
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Previous discussion on this subject (two years ago): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1073405