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There's always organizations that have been doing good work for decades. Legolas Send a noteboard - 13/10/2009 04:21:55 PM

The other two candidates were Sarkozy and Tsvangirai. Sarkozy has seriously done nothing for peace, and Tsvangirai is a puppet for a still reigning tyrant.

There's no one who's contributed seriously to world peace in the past year, but of those three I'd also choose Obama.

I'd give out the Peace prize once every 5 or 10 years if I had a choice. From the trends, it seems that such exceptional human beings don't appear on an annual basis, and the award invariably cheapens due to poor availability of candidates.


So you can't tell me that there were no serious or deserving candidates - MSF, Red Cross, Amnesty International, Oxfam and many others are there even if nobody else is, and I'm sure there are many people who've been doing good work, even if it's in smaller countries that don't get much media attention. People have gotten the Nobel Prize in recent years for promoting the peace in Timor-Leste, in Guatemala, and other small countries; there's no reason why the committee has to pick someone famous or known worldwide.
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So, I was discussing Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize with a friend and... Mats Gambling Buddy - 12/10/2009 05:01:38 PM 917 Views
I don't think so. He's trying to rationalise. *NM* AgentOrange - 12/10/2009 05:03:46 PM 245 Views
I think this was actually the Nobel Committee's rationale, wasn't it? beetnemesis - 12/10/2009 05:06:12 PM 629 Views
No. Ouranid - 12/10/2009 06:26:47 PM 677 Views
Has some truth I think, yeah. *NM* Legolas - 12/10/2009 05:09:18 PM 246 Views
wait. Obama won the peace prize? *NM* jh - 12/10/2009 05:18:12 PM 240 Views
He got it for bombing the moon. *NM* Jragghen - 12/10/2009 06:14:10 PM 256 Views
I heard it was hiding WMDs. *NM* Craig - 12/10/2009 08:18:19 PM 259 Views
Well, it wouldn't allow the UN inspectors in so what would you think? *NM* Mats Gambling Buddy - 12/10/2009 08:34:11 PM 265 Views
maybe? *NM* temeraire - 12/10/2009 05:20:38 PM 270 Views
I think your friend is right in part random thoughts - 12/10/2009 05:32:19 PM 669 Views
From a CNN article: Aemon - 12/10/2009 05:57:22 PM 653 Views
Re: From a CNN article: Mats Gambling Buddy - 12/10/2009 07:11:19 PM 628 Views
Mmmmnah Camilla - 12/10/2009 06:11:15 PM 678 Views
And that my second reaction *NM* ironclad - 12/10/2009 09:01:45 PM 254 Views
His was actually my first reaction too *NM* ironclad - 12/10/2009 08:15:20 PM 258 Views
No one currently fighting two wars should win. Ever. *NM* Joker - 12/10/2009 08:17:47 PM 265 Views
I can't really agree nossy - 12/10/2009 09:04:54 PM 634 Views
No, I don't buy it. *NM* everynametaken - 13/10/2009 02:51:54 AM 236 Views
Obama was probably the best available choice Sidious - 13/10/2009 05:26:26 AM 662 Views
and you would give it to Obama for? *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2009 03:58:22 PM 240 Views
Do you have a source for that? Sareitha Sedai - 13/10/2009 04:03:47 PM 600 Views
Re: Do you have a source for that? Sidious - 14/10/2009 07:25:14 AM 754 Views
Ah. I thought you had info on the short list. Sareitha Sedai - 14/10/2009 02:53:53 PM 616 Views
There's always organizations that have been doing good work for decades. Legolas - 13/10/2009 04:21:55 PM 632 Views
Re: There's always organizations that have been doing good work for decades. Sidious - 14/10/2009 07:23:54 AM 638 Views
If it was "given to the American voters," the I want my share of the prize money. Palatine - 13/10/2009 04:01:12 PM 656 Views
He promises change.... Mats imaginary friend - 14/10/2009 05:51:07 AM 696 Views
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