Nobel Peace Prize 2013

**Fragony** · 10-14-2013, 09:59

Originally Posted by HoreTore

It hasn't been 'tainted' by it, it was founded on it. It is supposed to say 'you're my boy'.

Nobel's vision was the immediate and unilateral dismantling of a country's armed forces. The prize was created to further that aim.

And the rest of us is just waiting for it's latest low of all time, up to the point of a reversed Mount-Everst. That low. I don't know how low it can get after giving it to the self-congratulating EU, or Dronebama, but I am sure they will surprise me. Giving it to that Afghan girl would have made sense at least, but they wouldn't have the guts to give it to her.

**HoreTore** · 10-14-2013, 10:15

Originally Posted by Fragony

Giving it to that Afghan girl would have made sense at least, but they wouldn't have the guts to give it to her.

That would not be in line with Nobel's will(strictly interpreted), and would require changing it in a way you described as "Caput tuum in ano est in his honour".

I do like the expansion the cmmittee has done, however, and I do believe it's in line with Nobel's ideological views.

Giving it to organizations like the EU is what Nobel had in mind. Have a look through the first 20 laureates, it's almost exclusively the chairman of some international organization like the EU.

EDIT: And on Kissinger: I fail to see how bringing an end to the defining conflict of an entire era, the Vietnam war, should not be considered worthy of the peace prize.

**Noncommunist** · 10-14-2013, 12:14

Originally Posted by Fragony

And the rest of us is just waiting for it's latest low of all time, up to the point of a reversed Mount-Everst. That low. I don't know how low it can get after giving it to the self-congratulating EU, or Dronebama, but I am sure they will surprise me. Giving it to that Afghan girl would have made sense at least, but they wouldn't have the guts to give it to her.

Challenger Deep in the Mariana trench is even deeper than Mount Everest is tall. So that could work for the latest low of all time.

**Beskar** · 10-14-2013, 17:49

Either it is an age thing, or there has been a genuine shift in perception over the years, but when I was younger, the Noble Peace Prize was an 'oh wow!' moment, the perception has changed to 'That award used to mean something, now handled by idiots'.