BG45 Posted February 2, 2011 Share 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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyGrace Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/brickwall.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Mother Teresa and Wikileaks. not even close to the same level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted February 3, 2011 Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Alexander Nobel killed my dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted February 3, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1296693784' post='2208006'] But when you consider that Obama got it... [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 The Nobel Peace Prize has no credibility whatsoever, unlike the science and literature categories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Didn't Obama win it last year? Epic fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Jorge Luis Borges never won the Nobel. The literature nobel prize has a usual requirement of embracing leftism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted February 3, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted February 4, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted February 4, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExCorde Posted February 4, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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