BG45 Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 [url="http://www.geekosystem.com/wikileaks-nobel-peace-prize/"]I seriously do not believe this...well I do, it's just that the prize has gone so downhill...[/url] [quote]Beat that, Mark Zuckerberg: A Norwegian member of Parliament has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, citing the organization’s important contributions to “freedom of speech and transparency.” One day after the deadline for new nominations had expired, parliamentarian Snorre Valen announced that he had nominated WikiLeaks; MPs are not technically supposed to reveal their proposals, but there are no formal rules against their doing so. [quote] The member of parliament for the Socialist Left Party, part of Norway’s ruling red-green coalition, also noted WikiLeaks publication of documents relating to corruption by authorities, governments and corporations as well as “illegal surveillance, war crimes and torture committed by a number of states”.[/quote] Last year, the editors of Wired’s Italian edition proposed that the Internet receive a Nobel Peace Prize; however, whereas that nomination was suggestive and unofficial, as a member of a national assembly or state government, Snorre’s WikiLeaks nomination is a valid one, per the Nobel Foundation’s statutes, and will be considered by the Nobel Committee. According to the Nobel website, “The Committee seeks to achieve unanimity in its selection of the Peace Prize Laureate, [and] on the rare occasions when this proves impossible, the selection is decided by a simple majority vote,” so this likely controversial (and non-corporeal) pick may not have legs, though it remains quite a statement.[/quote]
AudreyGrace Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/brickwall.gif[/img]
Lisa Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Mother Teresa and Wikileaks. not even close to the same level.
MissScripture Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 [quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1296688636' post='2207965'] Mother Teresa and Wikileaks. not even close to the same level. [/quote] But when you consider that Obama got it...
Jesus_lol Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Last time i checked mother Theresa had a fair amount of controversy around her. I see no problem with Wikileaks getting the award, or at least being nominated. It does provide a very good service and has been instrumental in toppling a dictator(cant remember which though), and has done a lot for revealing corruption and shining a light on government operations, that have only become farther removed from public oversight as time goes on.
ardillacid Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1296693784' post='2208006'] But when you consider that Obama got it... [/quote]
cmotherofpirl Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 The Nobel Peace Prize has no credibility whatsoever, unlike the science and literature categories.
Winchester Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Jorge Luis Borges never won the Nobel. The literature nobel prize has a usual requirement of embracing leftism.
Laudate_Dominum Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 [quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1296702881' post='2208052'] I see no problem with Wikileaks getting the award, or at least being nominated. It does provide a very good service and has been instrumental in toppling a dictator(cant remember which though), and has done a lot for revealing corruption and shining a light on government operations, that have only become farther removed from public oversight as time goes on. [/quote] Yeah, agree or not, it makes more sense to me than Obama and Al Gore.
BG45 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Posted February 3, 2011 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1296738416' post='2208168'] Yeah, agree or not, it makes more sense to me than Obama and Al Gore. [/quote] I agree with that, but I think usually a pre-requisite is to promote peace in some manner, something WikiLeaks rarely does with its leaks. If anything it's inflamed a lot of tensions.
Ed Normile Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 [quote name='Ice_nine' timestamp='1296724955' post='2208131'] Didn't Obama win it last year? Epic fail [/quote] Yea, Al Gore got it a few years ago too .... [quote][url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showuser=43"][color="#b4453b"]Winchester[/color][/url] [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showuser=43&f=56"][img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_images/baisik/user_popup.png[/img][/url] Alexander Nobel killed my dad.[/quote] Sorry to hear that Winch! ed
Jesus_lol Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 [quote name='BG45' timestamp='1296749309' post='2208204'] I agree with that, but I think usually a pre-requisite is to promote peace in some manner, something WikiLeaks rarely does with its leaks. If anything it's inflamed a lot of tensions. [/quote] you cant promote peace without inflaming others. ghandi was not a universally popular man and neither was nelson mandela.
ExCorde Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 [quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1296702881' post='2208052'] Last time i checked mother Theresa had a fair amount of controversy around her. [/quote] Yeah Jesus did too.
dominicansoul Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 [quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1296805613' post='2208580'] you cant promote peace without inflaming others. ghandi was not a universally popular man and neither was nelson mandela. [/quote] If that's the case, then dUSt should be nominated!
Mr.Cat Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 A man is driving down a country road when he spots a farmer standing in an unplanted field doing nothing. Pulling over and walking to the farmer he asks, "[i]Excuse me, but what are you doing?[/i]” The farmer replies, “[i]I’m trying to win a Nobel Prize.[/i]” “[i]How?[/i]” asks the puzzled man. “[i]Well, I heard they give the Nobel Prizes to people out standing in their field.[/i]” Just about...
ParadiseFound Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1296738171' post='2208167'] Jorge Luis Borges never won the Nobel. The literature nobel prize has a usual requirement of embracing leftism. [/quote] Right wing politics and Scandinavians don't go too well together, truss doe blad.
CatherineM Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 It's not that hard to get nominated. I think my husband has been nominated half a dozen times. Everyone needs a hobby.
cmotherofpirl Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 [quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1296805613' post='2208580'] you cant promote peace without inflaming others. ghandi was not a universally popular man and neither was nelson mandela. [/quote] Ghandi never won even though he was nominated [color="#FF0000"] 5 [/color]times.
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