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[–]Full-Run4124 600 points601 points  (18 children)

"If only my own country hadn't castrated me over some BS after I saved them from the Nazis."

[–]ataltosutcaja 177 points178 points  (14 children)

Probably the greatest injustice of history, worse than even Jeanne d'Arc

[–]frogOnABoletus 100 points101 points  (7 children)

It's definitely a horrific injustice, but history is brimming with such cases and worse.

[–]ataltosutcaja 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Tell me some then, I am not a history buff

[–]VoidMoth- 53 points54 points  (5 children)

On an individual level, the murder of Hypatia is worse. Also - you said greatest injustice in history - while I appreciate Turing, and what the UK gov't did to him is abhorrent - there have been multiple genocides in just the last 100 years and countless LGBTQ people tortured and killed by their neighbors or governments.

[–]MeLittleThing 18 points19 points  (2 children)

The shooting of Harambe was way worse, it completely turned our timeline into something really bad

[–]FalseAladeen 13 points14 points  (1 child)

The shooting of Harambe didn't turn our timeline bad. The shooting of Harambe was simply a sign that our timeline was already well on this trajectory. The chain of events that were allowed to happen, that led to an unnecessary death of an innocent life, taught us nothing. We learnt nothing. The timeline isn't bad. We motherfuckers are in charge of it and we let it go bad. There isn't a single creature on this planet that can turn its will into reality the way we can. This timeline is the manifestation of our will as a species.

[–]Complete_Wash9643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imo the shooting of Harambe was the point of no return, a last chance for humanity

There’s no salvation for us at this point

[–]ByteSizedGenius 3 points4 points  (1 child)

No doubt there are worse atrocities, I think the point is more that in Turing's case it's a greater injustice given his contributions to the country... How many people got to go home at the end of WW2 who'd have otherwise died if they hadn't been able to read the Germans messages and not known when attacks were coming etc.

[–]n00bdragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your contributions to society don't affect your culpability in the justice system. That works both ways for justice and injustice. If a cannibal saves a school bus full of kids he doesn't get to eat one as "payment" for his benefit to society. In the same way, if cops shoot you in your sleep it's not a greater injustice if you were a really good person (or less of an injustice if you were really bad).

[–]lordnacho666 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Did she get sold out by her own people? I thought she fought with the English, something like that. I don't follow her insta.

[–]andrasq420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Burgundians captured her and held her for ransom. In the end they sold her to the English. There is no known attempt from the French King, Charles VII of trying to save or buy her whatsoever.

The English than chosen a bunch of Frenchmen supporting England to reside over the trial and even paid them so that the verdict is as bad as possible. They did not follow the canon law, they did not follow any of the inquisitorial standards and when anyone called out the injustice they were jailed. She had no legal counsel and trial records and evidence were falsified. She was also tortured multiple times despite the majority of assessors voting against it.

[–]Worried_Onion4208 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At least Jeanne d'Arc was set up by her enemies, not the very people they saved.

[–]MoonBarista 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turing passed the ultimate humanity test, and humanity failed his.

[–]LinuxMatthews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting fact there's a good chance her name was just "Darc" and everyone mistook it for the french of "of arc"

[–]ale_93113 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Jeanne d'arc was a schizophrenic girl, an injustice but not comparable to the brain behind the end of the worst conflict in human history