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WWII codebreaker Alan Turing gets royal pardon for gay conviction
CBS News ^ | 12/24/2013 | Reuters

Posted on 12/24/2013 9:14:14 AM PST by thetallguy24

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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Hey, read the guy’s post...he was picking up teen agers who were homeless...
Same thing the “misunderstood and persecuted” Oscar Wilde did...


41 posted on 12/24/2013 10:28:32 AM PST by matginzac
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To: Oliviaforever

She is and always has been a bit of a lib.....


42 posted on 12/24/2013 10:31:02 AM PST by matginzac
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To: Nifster

I don’t....


43 posted on 12/24/2013 10:35:33 AM PST by matginzac
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To: donmeaker

The simple logic circuits to perform the logical operations AND, OR, and NOT were first conceptualized and realized by Nikola Tesla. He used them in his radio remote controlled boat that was demonstrated in NYC in the late 19th century.

Patents for the basic logic circuits were later denied based on prior art by Tesla. The creation of radio was also ascribed to Tesla by a court judging patent claims.

Tesla was a brilliant crackpot.


44 posted on 12/24/2013 10:37:35 AM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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To: fifedom

Oh geeez...don’t mention Shockley...inventing the transistor doesn’t come close to absolving him from is purported belief in black inferiority...
He got crucified for that.


45 posted on 12/24/2013 10:38:35 AM PST by matginzac
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To: Nifster

I don’t and won’t ever condone that behavior. Sex is for marriage, and marriage is a man and a woman. Sad that I have to even say what marriage is.


46 posted on 12/24/2013 10:41:07 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: matginzac
Hey, read the guy’s post...he was picking up teen agers who were homeless...

Same thing the “misunderstood and persecuted” Oscar Wilde did...


My guess is that if he'd been convicted of pedophilia rather than homosexuality Good Queen Beth wouldn't have touched this with a 10' pole.
47 posted on 12/24/2013 10:45:54 AM PST by tanknetter (L)
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To: Bobalu

bump


48 posted on 12/24/2013 10:49:56 AM PST by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
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To: Steely Tom
Einstein was a mighty good mathematician

I'm currently in the middle of Walter Isaacson's biography of Einstein. Einstein admitted on many occasions that he was not a good mathematician and regretted not taking it more seriously during his studies. He was primarily interested in physics and did not realize until later into his career that math is an intrinsic part of physics.

49 posted on 12/24/2013 10:54:09 AM PST by KevinB (Barack Hussein Obama: Proof-positive that affirmative action does not work.)
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To: tanknetter

Well, maybe...
She seems to like to adhere to “popular cultural trends” so if buggering kids was cool, I’m not too sure she wouldn’t be OK with it....
That’s IF it were cool......


50 posted on 12/24/2013 10:54:44 AM PST by matginzac
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To: thetallguy24

Every day...it’s all about gay. When will it stop? I hope Ellen’s show goes belly up this year.


51 posted on 12/24/2013 10:54:58 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Viennacon

His mental defect of uncontrolled homosexual activity is what caused his ouster from the services. His underlying mental defect was fully manifested in his successful suicide attempt.


52 posted on 12/24/2013 11:05:09 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Let me get this straight, so to speak. A high value intelligence officer is engaged in pandering and solicitation In a known area for gay prostitution and you think that isn't a security risk because he couldn't help himself.

Oh yes, the homosexual lifestyle of anonymous gay sex with hundreds of strangers in public bathrooms should have no effect on a persons security status. OK.

53 posted on 12/24/2013 11:10:53 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

They are still ex-criminals as at the time they where involved in activity that was illegal. No different than those engaged in alcohol distribution during prohibition.


54 posted on 12/24/2013 11:13:02 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Nifster

I understand that she is not our queen and the we have no royal family.

However, she more than anyone in the world should understand that importance of the US - UK relationship. And with being such strong allies, Queen Elizabeth should understand that America is under attack by the forces of Gay Marriage.

Our military is being attacked, our judicial system is under attack, our media and even in our churches are under attack.

And it is in this time, within a week of courts imposing Gay Marriage in New Mexico, Utah and Ohio as well as the brutal attacks on Phil Robertson that the Queen decides to provide more ammunition to those who wish to impose the homosexual agenda on our children, our nation and our faith.

Now when our school children are taught about WWII, our teachers will be forced to disclose that Alan Turing was gay and the he helped the Allies win WWII.

The schools and colleges will make him a hero all they time emphasizing that he was gay.

It then becomes much more difficult for our children to distinguish good from bad.


55 posted on 12/24/2013 11:13:09 AM PST by Oliviaforever
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Right. Sleeping around with prostitutes gay or straight is never a security risk for those in sensitive high security positions.


56 posted on 12/24/2013 11:14:16 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Nifster
Turning a blind eye to solicitation and the exploitation of homeless teens for sex is hardly a Conservative way of thinking. Perhaps you confuse Conservatives with Libertarians or just libertines.
57 posted on 12/24/2013 11:19:53 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: thetallguy24

Homosexual sex was illegal in Britain until 1967. And pretty much everywhere else.
Ah the good old days, when common decency and a sense of morals still defined perverts as perverts.............


58 posted on 12/24/2013 11:19:57 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: Nifster

I am unaware of allot of FReepers championing street prostitution and child exploitation. Perhaps I don’t spend enough time reading all the posts. As a matter of fact I am pretty certain that the idea of prostitution and teen exploitation is a rather limited group. Perhaps limited to you and your compatriot sinsofsolarempirefan. I could be wrong. Perhaps fans of brothels and street hustlers are rampant on FR.


59 posted on 12/24/2013 11:23:56 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: matginzac

GMTA; I just finished reading that sick Rose Bowl Parade thread, and thought about the earlier post. LOL.


60 posted on 12/24/2013 11:33:03 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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