The world is watching, Mr Brown
As I write over 25,000 people in Great Britain have signed my Alan Turing petition. To think that I was worried about getting 500 signatures!
On Monday, the BBC posted a story about the petition and it's now gone global. My Inbox was stuffed with messages from around the world in support of the petition and expressing regret that non-Britons couldn't sign the petition.
And now the international press has picked up the story. After all, Turing was not just a British genius, he was a genius full stop. A man who deserves to be known in Britain and worldwide.
So, Mr Brown, 25,000 people in Britain (and growing by the minute) including big names such as scientist Richard Dawkins, writer Ian McEwan, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, philosopher A C Graying are backing the campaign. And now the rest of the world watches. Here's a selection of the worldwide press:
Here I have only included major press, there are many, many more articles in the specialist press.
Update More countries have now covered the story:
Update I now can't keep up with all the international press. If you are interested here's a suitable Google News search.
On Monday, the BBC posted a story about the petition and it's now gone global. My Inbox was stuffed with messages from around the world in support of the petition and expressing regret that non-Britons couldn't sign the petition.
And now the international press has picked up the story. After all, Turing was not just a British genius, he was a genius full stop. A man who deserves to be known in Britain and worldwide.
So, Mr Brown, 25,000 people in Britain (and growing by the minute) including big names such as scientist Richard Dawkins, writer Ian McEwan, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, philosopher A C Graying are backing the campaign. And now the rest of the world watches. Here's a selection of the worldwide press:
- Alan Turing ou la difficile réhabilitation de la mémoire d'un pionnier de l'informatique Le Monde, France
- Signatures en nombre pour un génie des maths humilié Liberation, France
- 21'000 Briten fordern eine Entschuldigung für das Rechengenie Tages Anzeiger, Switzerland
- Regierung soll Computergenie rehabilitieren 20 Minuten, Switzerland
- Posthume Wiedergutmachung für Vater der Informatik Die Presse, Austria
- Una disculpa para el matemático que 'cazó' a los nazis El Pais, Spain
- Piden el perdón oficial para Alan Turing, el británico que descifró los mensajes secretos nazis El Periodico, Spain
- Petition seeks apology for Enigma code-breaker Turing CNN, US
- Excuses geëist voor castratie computerpionier De Telegraaf, Holland
- As It Happens CBC Radio, Canada
- Está na altura de pedir desculpas a Alan Turing Publico, Portugal
- Chcą, by rząd przeprosił za samobójstwo słynnego naukowca - homoseksualisty Gazeta, Poland
- Británie kastrovala hrdinu z války. Petice žádá omluvu Aktuálně, Czech Republic
Here I have only included major press, there are many, many more articles in the specialist press.
Update More countries have now covered the story:
- Britânicos buscam pedido de desculpas a cientista gay Folha do Sao Paulo, Brasil
- Turing e le scuse di sua maestà La Repubblica, Italy
- Code-breaker whose heroic work should be celebrated Irish Times, Eire
Update I now can't keep up with all the international press. If you are interested here's a suitable Google News search.
Labels: alan turing
2 Comments:
The worldwide petition now has 10,000+ too. :)
Well done JGC, you succeeded, Gordon Brown conceded :-)
Hope all this will translate into well attended Turing events in his centenary year, 2012:
http://www.turingcentenary.eu/
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home