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by flohofwoe 479 days ago
If you read up on how the UK government treated him after the war, it was essentially murder even if they didn't outright execute him.
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No, words mean things. If they didn't actually pull the trigger, it wasn't murder. That isn't to say it was ok to treat Turing the way they did, because it wasn't ok. But it's important to not pollute the meaning of words by misusing them for greater rhetorical impact.