Some decisions are binary, and should be. That's what we call principle. But most of the time they're not. They just look binary because we insist on seeing them that way, or phrase the question so that it can only be answered yes or no. Or worst of all, we ignore the gradient because we prefer one side to the other, and we insist others do the same (as long as they pick OUR side, of course). We try to ennoble our prejudices and justify our opinions by calling them principle. We've seen that ugly result at work in our country, and right here on the Zone, haven't we?

Turing did not die because he insisted on seeing his homosexuality as a binary decision. He died because his society chose to view it that way. You don't have to be a homosexual to recognize that what happened to Turing was a tragic and cruel injustice, an obscenity, and that he is not to blame. His society and its views were responsible, and those views were binary.

My way or the highway.