Quote Originally Posted by blue View Post
Mikhail Khodorkovsky gets pardoned in Russia and the western press are full of conspiratorial theories.

Turning gets pardoned in Britain and not a whisper that it might be similarly politically ( correct ) driven .

What next Jack the Ripper pardoned due to services rendered to the tourist /film industry?
Not much difference really, Jack liked ripping women up , Alan liked
ripping men's arseholes to ribbons ; both mentally ill .

I thought the bedrock of the law was that you obeyed it ALL, and not just the bits you like -otherwise every single law will be broken by someone using their twisted morality as an excuse.

Suicide case was he ? probably had a moment of lucidity and realised what an utter mess he had made of his life - what a skin crawlingly filthy life style he was leading, and was sick of being controlled by a gay demon / mental illness, and became thoroughly disgusted that he had let his family and all ancestors down.
Admit, your uncle buggered you as a child, didn't he?

I'd go and see a therapist if I were you, that pent up rage could spill over at any moment.

The reason some laws get repealed is that the world has matured and realised that the stupid religious doctrines of old serve no purpose in modern, secular society. You may have noticed it is no longer permissible to dunk witches or burn them at the stake.

Khodorkovsky was convicted on tenuous evidence of money laundering and embezzlement, both crimes which I think should stay on the books.

His conviction was politically motivated, so it's a fair bet his pardon is, too.

I don't see what this pardon does other than provide a bit of closure to Turing's family. It doesn't affect me one bit.

But it clearly affects you, your quivering outrage is palpable.

But matched only by its irrelevance.

Let's face it, you have a pathological fear of those different to you, whether they be gays, pakistanis or negroes.

You're quite a pathetic character really.