Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 11th Sep 2009 20:18 UTC
The British government has issued an official apology for the treatment Alan Turing received after WWII. "The Prime Minister has released a statement on the Second World War code-breaker, Alan Turing, recognising the 'appalling' way he was treated for being gay. Alan Turing, a mathematician most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes, was convicted of 'gross indecency' in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration. Gordon Brown's statement came in response to a petition posted on the Number 10 website which has received thousands of signatures in recent months."
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RE[2]: Even in our so called...
by WereCatf on Sat 12th Sep 2009 20:24
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Member since:2006-02-15
Sexual orientation never affect brain capabilities. And if so, if obviously affect it positively, according to the numerous known gay politicians, engineers, actors, musicians, etc...
It is quite interesting, actually. I have dozens of non-straight friends and they all seem very smart, most of them are actually really talented in the ways of arts..I wonder if there has ever been any studies made about general intelligence levels of non-straight people.
RE[3]: Even in our so called...
by mrhasbean on Sun 13th Sep 2009 22:20
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Member since:2006-04-03
It is quite interesting, actually. I have dozens of non-straight friends and they all seem very smart, most of them are actually really talented in the ways of arts..I wonder if there has ever been any studies made about general intelligence levels of non-straight people.
Such a study would never see the light of day - and if it did it would quickly be "disproved" by some "official government" study, and then disappear never to be seen again. There have been many independent studies using untainted samples that disprove much of what we hold as truth about sex and sexuality but most of these have progressively disappeared off the internet over the past few years.
It's not something we're allowed to know...
RE[2]: Even in our so called...
by Soulbender on Mon 14th Sep 2009 02:12
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Member since:2005-08-18
And if so, if obviously affect it positively, according to the numerous known gay politicians, engineers, actors, musicians, etc...
Then being straight obviously also affect the brain capacity positively according to the numerous straight politicians, engineers, actors, musicians etc.
Maybe we should just face the fact that being non-straight has nothing at all to do with the brain capacity.
RE[3]: Even in our so called...
by Kochise on Mon 14th Sep 2009 20:31
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Member since:2006-03-03
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2006-03-03
Sexual orientation never affect brain capabilities. And if so, if obviously affect it positively, according to the numerous known gay politicians, engineers, actors, musicians, etc...
Kochise