Campaign for official apology to Alan Turing
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CodeGimp wrote:
That's every single one of us - right now - paying tax and "national insurance" for a worthless state pension that we'll probably not live long enough to be eligible to claim Mad
you probably get to take home at least 60% of your earnings, you have the right to vote and you have the right to a passport, the people I'm talking about had none of those benefits up until the 1970's the government is not coercing you to live rough from what you can get off whatever remnants of land they've not taken, that's still happening! your children won't be taken from you unless you pose a serious risk to their well being your grandfather or father probably were not murdered when they wandered onto some graziers land grant your mother and grandmother were probably not raped by the local squatters, labourers, and their sons Before you compare your situation to that of the Australian Aborigine peoples you might want to have a look at some information at Creative Spirits[^], it may come as shock.
Spike Milligan is at WW2 Conscription intake centre. Officer asks "Where you born Milligan". "India, sir", Milligan briskly replies. "Which part" asks the officer. To which Spike replies "All of me, sir".
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It is just not a matter to be treated lightly, no more than is the issue of the persecution of Turing by the British government in the 50's. They are both tragic in every sense of the word, but they ought not be compared, which was the point of my first post. Your contribution to this particular sidetrack was, in my opinion, unfortunate. And although I have no doubt that there was no malicious intent, it was nevertheless thoughtless, and disrespectful - not to me, but to the victims of all forms of persecution.
Spike Milligan is at WW2 Conscription intake centre. Officer asks "Where you born Milligan". "India, sir", Milligan briskly replies. "Which part" asks the officer. To which Spike replies "All of me, sir".