Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note:

sim0n · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:16

Thought some here maybe interested in this e-petition:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31659

Derek W · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:19

sorry I only deal with £20 notes or above

Strife212 · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:22

Putting a convicted criminal on the notes, what next, Osama Bin Laden? :mad:

quickshot89 · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:23

Strife212 said:
Putting a convicted criminal on the notes, what next, Osama Bin Laden?

You know who Alan Turing is right?

[FnG]magnolia · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:25

quickshot89 said:
You know who Alan Turing is right?

Oh my goodness.

cymatty · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:26

quickshot89 said:
You know who Alan Turing is right?

A convict

Turing acknowledged a sexual relationship with Murray. Homosexual acts were illegal in the United Kingdom at that time,[69] and so both were charged with gross indecency under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885.[70]

I think he was joking though.

Moothead2 · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:26

Wasn't he convicted for...being...gay :confused:

? Hardly a crime you'd stop putting someone on a note for

.

RomanNose · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:26

To replace Darwin?Go home.
Should be on the 5 squid one.

Marky · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:28

In my mind there is an imaginary list of things I don't care about.

Whose face is on bank notes... Just made it to the list

quickshot89 · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:28

Moothead2 said:
Wasn't he convicted for...being...gay ? Hardly a crime you'd stop putting someone on a note for .

Yep, and chemically castrated etc, but such were the days in the 1940's

Id like to see him on the notes though

Brookert · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:29

......but in retrospect, he isn't a 'criminal' though is he.

BarBrawllin · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:30

How did he get caught? Did somebody walk in on some bareback mountain action?

Heliospherez · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:30

Yes - he has obviously read some of the stuff about him.

He was charged with gross indecency (12 charges of gross indecency - not just being gay ) with a teenage boy ( the boy was 19 - he was 39 ) from what I recall.... and I don't think too many schools would be happy to explain who is on the £10 note - even if he is one of our cherished figures.

quickshot89 · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:32

Heliospherez said:
and I don't think too many schools would be happy to explain who is on the £10 note - even if he is one of our cherished figures.

Why not, he helped in the war and provided us with one of the first computers etc

[TW]Sponge · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:32

Not really bothered as long as you can pay for things with it.

[FnG]magnolia · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:32

Heliospherez said:
I don't think too many schools would be happy to explain who is on the £10 note - even if he is one of our cherished figures.

Why not?

Glaucus · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:33

Heliospherez said:
) with a teenage boy from what I recall...

19, hardly anything wrong.

Arnie · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:33

Heliospherez said:
and I don't think too many schools would be happy to explain who is on the £10 note - even if he is one of our cherished figures.

MadFruit · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:33

Brookert said:
......but in retrospect, he isn't a 'criminal' though is he.

He's never been pardoned as far as I know - and they have refused to do so. So although it is not against the law now, it was then and he was guilty of breaking that law. So, yes, he is a 'criminal', technically.

quickshot89 · 21 Mar 2012 at 21:34

I thought he had been pardoned at the end of the labour parties last gtv term?