The Alan Turing Apology- How one man used the web to get 10 Downing to Apologize
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Sep 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Alan Turing was one of the most important thinkers in computer science and he committed suicide because he was being prosecuted by the British Government for "Gross Indecency" i.e. being gay in the 1950's.
One man, John Graham Cumming started a campaign to get the British government to apologize for thier treatment of Alan Turing.
He succeeded when Gordon Brown apologized apologized for the British Government's "appalling" treatment of Alan Turing.
This post talks about how John Graham Comming managed to use the Internet & media savvy to get the apology.
Go Read it. Its fantastic.
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