Gordon Brown
What was the accusation?
In September 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown officially apologized, on behalf of the British government, for the “horrifying” and “utterly unfair” treatment of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing. Brown’s statement commemorated Turing’s invaluable contributions to the war effort (i.e., decoding messages encrypted by the German Enigma machines) and denounced the legal ramifications Turing endured for “gross indecency,” or, in other words, for being gay. The apology followed (and was likely instigated by) a Downing Street petition calling for such action on the government’s part.
Key Apologia Strategies:
Mortification, Bolstering
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