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What would a pardon do that the formal apology not already has done? Posthumous pardons rarely have any point.

Obviously so the ghost of Alan Turning doesn't haunt us eternally...haven't you watched movies before

> so the ghost of Alan Turning doesn't haunt us eternally...

If giving him the pardon gets rid of software bugs, it's a small price to pay for a great gain.

It would be about amending an appalling disgrace; not upon Turing, but upon Great Britain.

It would be about pretending to amend an appalling disgrace. The past happened and cannot be changed.