Posted on 01/31/2017 8:06:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
The British government has passed a law granting posthumous pardons to thousands of men who were convicted under now-abolished anti-homosexuality laws, and allowing those who are still alive to have their criminal records wiped clean.
The Ministry of Justice said Tuesday the pardons apply to men convicted for consensual same-sex relations before homosexuality was decriminalized several decades ago. Men living with convictions can apply to the government to have their names cleared. …
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because the UK government has nothing else to do good grief.
They knew what the laws were at the time they violated them.
Does that include Jimmy Saville?
The Turing Test.
Exactly. This is just plain silly. 400 years ago, people in the UK were executed for advocating different religions, or criticizing the King, or being witches, or a number of other things that we consider wrong today. 700 years ago, they used to execute people and even animals who were possessed by evil spirits. Is the UK Parliament going to pardon all of them too?
Does that include Jimmy Saville?
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Or Oscar Wilde?
Or Kim Philby?
Ministry of Truth issues another decree....
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