It was one of our (many) great failings and as a nation we have accepted that:
Prime Ministers Apology: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/11/pm-apology-to-a...
Royal Pardon: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Al...
Is it possible to knight someone posthumously? Has this happened?
No. No. In fact, in past times ( of kings and queens), one man was killed in a battle and his brother was given a much higher title because you cannot give the honorable title to a deceased individual.
Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up
by codeoclock on Thursday October 30, 2014 @12:44PM
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Not only can you not knight deceased people, but when knights die they lose their title. #QuiteInteresting. #whenwillhnsupporthashtags.
Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up
by thathonkey on Thursday October 30, 2014 @09:25AM
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Well, at least there's that.
Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up
by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday October 30, 2014 @08:29AM
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Compared to which country that has never persecuted anyone for being gay?
This isnt a bigotery contest hey? I was talking from the point of view of someone who has the greatest respect for what Turing has done.I mean that's a shame that everything he has done for his country mattered very little when he was judged for being gay.
Bigotry is a wrong word to use (afaik) in a historical context. It simply means 'what we consider unacceptable by today's social norms'.
It was absolutely stupid and unjust (since most upper classes were involved in buggery in school anyways) - but calling it bigoted is like saying 'it was so yellow of them to do'.
Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up
by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday October 30, 2014 @09:10AM
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OK, maybe I mis-read your original comment. It came across as being very anti-UK:
"That's one of the greatest shame of UK,it symbolizes bigotery in its purest form."
but I accept I might have read stronger sentiment into that than was intended.
That's one of the greatest shame of UK,it symbolizes bigotery in its purest form.