What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[WinterHold]

Wouldn't this be better under the 'what do you know today that you didn't know yesterday' thread or is there a point to this?

You make no commentary and ask no questions.

Edit: Command decision made to move this since Winter fled and didn't give a reason not to move it.

My original post was posted under the "history" section + it was marked with the "serious" tag.
The goal of posting it is quite obvious since it's a "historical topic" under the "history" sub forum

[arewethereyet]

Wouldn't this be better under the 'what do you know today that you didn't know yesterday' thread or is there a point to this?

You make no commentary and ask no questions.

Edit: Command decision made to move this since Winter fled and didn't give a reason not to move it.

My original post was posted under the "history" section + it was marked with the "serious" tag.
The goal of posting it is quite obvious since it's a "historical topic" under the "history" sub forum

No, it was a random piece of information with nothing to lead to a discussion.

Starting new threads isn't a contest here.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Alan Turing, AKA "The father of computer" was homosexual, and he was sentenced to prison for being gay in Britain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turin..._indecency

Homosexuality was a crime in "Britain" and there was law banning it under ""gross indecency" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885".

He then took his own life with Cyanide:

On 8 June 1954, Turing's housekeeper found him dead at the age of 41; he had died the previous day. Cyanide poisoning was established as the cause of death.

Actually, Turing wasn’t sentenced to prison. He was given the choice between incarceration and chemical castration, choosing the later. Also, his death from cyanide poisoning was likely accidental.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Wouldn't this be better under the 'what do you know today that you didn't know yesterday' thread or is there a point to this?

You make no commentary and ask no questions.

Edit: Command decision made to move this since Winter fled and didn't give a reason not to move it.

It's explained that Turing opted for hormone theory and probation Vs prison. Says so right in the link provided.

And it turned out that one of the side effects that made him kill himself: he grew breasts.

And for whatever reason, the makers of The Imitation Game really dropped the ball when they covered Turing's "treatment.":




They portray some tremors, but, somehow, Morten Tyldum dropped the ball. It would have been such a perfect visual rendering of how fucked the homophobic systems of Britain was at the time: seeking to cure him of these "unnatural" feelings, they made him into something very unnatural. Imagine if Kiera Knightley opened the door to meet Benedict Cumberbatch, and, before either of them get to say a word, we get to see what it's done to him, and we can see a shock on her face and a strong sense that she's stifling an impulse to say "Oh, my God! You have bigger tits than I have!" I touched a bit on it when I reviewed it for Anglotopia, but I think Jonathan might have softened it a bit in the editing, since I'm not sure I said he developed "a more feminine body." I suppose it might be a bit of a step up from when I saw the movie in theaters with Dad and the first things I said when he asked me what I thought were "Not Enough Bitch Tits."

And another thing I just discovered: apparently, the prosecutor actually thought Turing growing bitch tits would somehow help him grasp his mistake! I don't get it, either.

[Fireball]

Yeah he posted on FB a day ago.

He posts a lot of nice pictures on FB.  Nearly every day.

I'll have to "friend" him on FB. I have to keep a low profile about my atheism, though.

[arewethereyet]

He posts a lot of nice pictures on FB.  Nearly every day.

I'll have to "friend" him on FB. I have to keep a low profile about my atheism, though.

He doesn't go there (the atheist thing) from what I see.  Lots of garden and dog pics.

[WinterHold]

My original post was posted under the "history" section + it was marked with the "serious" tag.
The goal of posting it is quite obvious since it's a "historical topic" under the "history" sub forum

No, it was a random piece of information with nothing to lead to a discussion.

Starting new threads isn't a contest here.

It was a Historical topic, posted in the "Historical sub forum", marked with the "serious" tag too, but you moved it here .

How messed up?

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Alan Turing, AKA "The father of computer" was homosexual, and he was sentenced to prison for being gay in Britain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turin..._indecency

Homosexuality was a crime in "Britain" and there was law banning it under ""gross indecency" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885".

He then took his own life with Cyanide:

Actually, Turing wasn’t sentenced to prison. He was given the choice between incarceration and chemical castration, choosing the later. Also, his death from cyanide poisoning was likely accidental.

Boru

What kind of sick fuck removes a man's balls for being gay ?

[arewethereyet]

No, it was a random piece of information with nothing to lead to a discussion.

Starting new threads isn't a contest here.

It was a Historical topic, posted in the "Historical sub forum", marked with the "serious" tag too, but you moved it here .

How messed up?

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Repeat it again and we can consider it spam.

[WinterHold]

It was a Historical topic, posted in the "Historical sub forum", marked with the "serious" tag too, but you moved it here .

How messed up?

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Repeat it again and we can consider it spam.

But you are a messed up person for removing a historical topic written in the historical section.
You're identical to the religious extremists you claim fighting.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Repeat it again and we can consider it spam.

But you are a messed up person for removing a historical topic written in the historical section.
You're identical to the religious extremists you claim fighting.

But it's not really an historical 'topic', is it? The way you posted it, it comes off more as history-related trivia. It fits better in this thread than the other one.

Boru