Turing was a hero of this country. His name should be as famous as Churchill, Montgomery, Dowding and Harris and yet we treated him despicably. Reporting a casual lover to the police for theft, rather than receive justice, was prosecuted for the, then, crime of homosexuality, offered imprisonment or chemical castration, took the latter and that led to his suicide. His memory needs to be honoured.
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very sad, considering the allies were exactly fighting nazi germany, which would persecute people for their sexual preferences, ethny, religious beliefs.
Goes to show that human rights violations happened and happen in all places. Turing was a hero indeed. He should have been treated better. It is a shame!