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Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing by itmag on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:40AM (#3557072)
It makes me wonder who they'll be pardoning in 50 years time from now. Assange, Manning, David Kelly, McKinnon etc.

You're assuming that history is a linear ascent toward ever higher morality. What if it goes the other way?

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Re:UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing by bwarp on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:57AM (#3557100)
That's a very fair point. Thinking about it, the morality inclines for a bit after a war, then declines as another appears. Well that's my perception anyway.
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