To be clear, the U.K. has a petition system (now online) for its citizens (even Commonwealth nations, I think), and the Turing effort came from one such petition. Brown did issue his response while the petition was still open.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/ - the petition http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571 - the full response David ________________________________ From: Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:54:36 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Computing pioneer exonerated 45yrs later On the 70th anny of the start of World War II, British prime minister Brown issued a (rare for him) apology for the govt's mistreatment of Alan Turing, one of that secret codebreaking team that deciphered the Nazis' intentions, who was convicted after the war for having a gay relationship and chose medication with female hormones over prison: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-09-11-enigma_N.htm -- BOB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
