Germany To Pardon More Than 50,000 Men Convicted Of Homosexuality

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

4 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

Because train isn't a common form of transportation in most of the country lol. 

It was replaced by cars. Except for the city subways and railroads in major cities.

Like these in my city: 

But ain't nobody got time for that when we all have cars and great highway systems in cities tbh. 

But they should invest in better trains for faster and cheaper travel across the country instead of planes all the time imo. 

I use AMTRAK when I go to New York, although I always snort when they say it's "High speed" when it takes the same amount of time as a bus  

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Progress is progress.

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If there are men alive who are effected by a criminal conviction of homosexuality then expunging their record is the moral thing to do, but posthumously pardoning people like like Alan Turning, or the 50,000 men/women in Germany, is kind of a ridiculous gesture. Laws are subject to cultural relativism. As the times change, people change, and laws change. What is a just law today might be considered barbaric in a hundred years time.

Change the laws, pardon those who are alive to be effected by them, but leave past convictions on the books as a history of bigotry.

Just my opinion.