Yes, I agree with you. What happened to Turing was awful, but it was because the laws of the time were so. I don't feel representatives of today's government should be apologising. And likewise for other historical issues.
In general I wish that people wouldn't obsess with the past so much or try to request apologies for people that they can't matter to any more (being dead and all). Yes, a looking back and saying "That was terrible, it's such a good thing that everything's changed since then" is great, but I'd rather there was more focus on the present and the future.
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Date: 2009-09-04 06:28 am (UTC)In general I wish that people wouldn't obsess with the past so much or try to request apologies for people that they can't matter to any more (being dead and all). Yes, a looking back and saying "That was terrible, it's such a good thing that everything's changed since then" is great, but I'd rather there was more focus on the present and the future.