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After 50 years, the 'lost innocents' shipped from home win apology...gay World War Two codebreaker who was convicted of "gross indecency" in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration before committing suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple. The apology was in response to a petition which received thousands of... In this article: Australia, Kevin Rudd, Barnardo's, Sydney, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, and Western Australia |
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | September 10, 2009
Brown sorry for WWII hero's treatment
...for WWII hero's treatment British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was convicted of being homosexual. Turing, often hailed for his...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, World War II, Hormone, and The Daily Telegraph
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | October 23, 2009
Log on to see the last days of tortured Turing
...In Manchester (MIM) production, examines the scientist's legacy in the field of artificial intelligence and the personal tragedy of his suicide through a deathbed dialogue with a "machine", played by the actor Paul Kendrick. There has been...
In this article: Alan Turing, The Independent, Desperate Romantics, Roger Alton, Ian McEwan, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Fry, and Richard Dawkins
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Washington Times | September 12, 2009
Brown offers apology to gay WWII codebreaker
...Gordon Brown offered a posthumous apology Friday for the "inhumane" treatment of Alan Turing, the World War II codebreaker who committed suicide in 1954 after being prosecuted for homosexuality and forcibly treated with female hormones.
In this article: Alan Turing, World War II, Gordon Brown, Hormone, Bletchley Park, London, Britain, and All rights reserved
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Brown apologises to WWII code-breaking hero
...WWII code-breaking hero British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a posthumous apology Friday to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was tried and convicted of being homosexual. Brown said Turing, who...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, WWII, Hormone, and The Daily Telegraph
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New Alan Turing drama to debut on The Independent
...gross indecency. Turing's Test examines the scientist's legacy in the field of artificial intelligence and the personal tragedy of his suicide through a deathbed dialogue with a "machine" played by actor Paul Kendrick. The Made In...
In this article: The Independent, Alan Turing, Samuel Barnett, Desperate Romantics, History Boys, Roger Alton, Ian McEwan, Stephen Fry, and Richard Dawkins
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CNN | September 11, 2009
PM apologizes for gay code-breaker's treatment
...of prejudice that ended this man's life and career." Turing was just 41 years old when he committed suicide, two years after undergoing a court-ordered chemical castration. He had been found guilty of gross indecency for having a...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, World War II, John Graham-Cumming, A.C. Grayling, Ian McEwan, Stephen Fry, UK, and Richard Dawkins
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Gawker | September 10, 2009
Sorry About the Gay Witchhunt, Alan Turing [Apologies]
...website to win just such an apology. Though he was instrumental in breaking German codes during World War II, Turing was convicted of homosexuality, chemically castrated and thus driven to suicide. Gordon Brown's statement includes the...
In this article: Alan Turing, World War II, and Gordon Brown
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | September 13, 2009
British PM says sorry for computer pioneer's castration
...Alan Turing. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised for the treatment of World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing who committed suicide after being convicted and chemically castrated for being a homosexual. Mathematician...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, John Graham-Cumming, World War Two, Enigma, Bletchley Park, Chemically, Hormone, and Oscar Wilde
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Centre Daily Times | September 11, 2009
Britain apologizes to gay codebreaker Alan Turing
...with female hormones to reduce his sex drive. Homosexuality was then illegal in Britain. Turing committed suicide in 1954 at the age of 41. Brown's apology, published Friday in The Daily Telegraph newspaper and the prime minister's...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, Britain, World War II, Hormone, The Daily Telegraph, Peter Tatchell, and London
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thumb|right|320px|A painting of the English romantic poet [[Thomas Chatterton, believed to have killed himself with arsenic in 1770]]
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest" (e.g., "political suicide"). Suicide may occur for a number of reasons, including depression, shame, guilt, desperation, physical pain, emotional pressure, anxiety, financial difficulties, or other undesirable situations. The World Health Organization noted that over one million people commit suicide every year, and that it is one of the leading causes of death among teenagers and adults under 35. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal attempted suicides every year worldwide.
Views on suicide have been influenced by cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. The Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. In the West it was often regarded as a serious crime. Japanese views on honor and religion led to seppuku, one of the most painful methods of suicide, to be respected as a means to atone for mistakes or failure, or as a form of protest during the samurai era. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a military or terrorist tactic. Sati is a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow would immolate herself on her husband's funeral pyre, either willingly, or under pressure from the family and in-laws.
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