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woobles on Oct 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note

Yes, they did, and Turing was chemically castrated. Not by the baddies, either. It might not be going to war to die, but that is still pretty messed up.

mullingitover on Oct 26, 2012 | [–]

> Yes, they did, and Turing was chemically castrated. Not by the baddies, either.

I'd argue that it was in fact the baddies that did this to him. The flag that injustice is committed under does not change the fact of the injustice.

mibbitier on Oct 26, 2012 | [–]

It is in retrospect. So are thousands of things people used to do.

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