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Originally Posted by dropnosky
ok, I missed that one. Sounds fun, ill do a search
I will only say that I do not believe gay or straight to be a choice, you simply are what you are. To not pardon this guy when his only crime was his sexual orientation and he was horribly punished for it, when NOW such things are completely accepted seems unreasonable.
They already apologized, which seems an admission of being wrong, so why not pardon if they already admit that persecuting this guy was wrong?
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In the case of the person mentioned in the original post, I don't think that he was treated fairly at the time he was breaking the law. Castration is not exactly punishment that matches the crime.
What I WROTE was that he broke the law of the day. By definition, he was a criminal because he broke the law. Had he been a law abiding citizen, he would NOT have broken the law of the day. This is no different than if he had robbed a liquor store, but that was later declared legal. He still would have been breaking the law at the time making him a criminal by definition.
Very interesting how people commonly twist my words to suit what they would have WANTED me to say so they can villify me.