There’s been a recent petition on Change.org to ask the British Government to pardon all those men who, like Alan Turing, were convicted for being homosexual or bisexual and other states of “gross indecency” during the 20th century. Alan Turning was granted a full posthumous pardon by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013, which was the […]
Vituperative Me and Petition Supporting Readers and Amazon
I’m feeling vituperative. During recent weeks, there has been a discussion – oh, okay, let’s call it a battle, for the public’s opinion on the business discussion between Amazon and Hachette. For a long time, I’ve stayed out of it because I thought that things would level out and the discussion would remain civil. Boy was […]