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Who should get the nobel peace prize?
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Who should get the nobel peace prize?
As I am opening this thread, the announcement of who will get the Nobel peace prize of 2013 is in an hour.

Like probably alot of people, I have been mainly disapointed with most of the recent peace prizes especialy with the one given to Obama, who definatly did not deserve the prize. The last laureats who definatly deserved it, and with whom the commission made a courragous statement was the Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo and the Yemeni womans rights activist Tawakkol Karman.

So despite whoever wins the prize, I would like to ask you whom you believe deserves the prize most and which laureat would make the best statement by the commission.

For me it is Damas de Blanco, I have given an explaination and discription aswell as left some desciptions of other groups and people that would deserve it.

Damas de Blanco. A peacefull Cuban human rights group which is formed by the wifes of inprissoned opponents of the Cuban regime. It is the most successfull and one of the only legal opposition groups in Cuba and the award would certainly ammount to the pressure on the Cuban regime.

Denis Mukwege. A doctor from the democratic republic of Congo who is known for setting up his clinics in war torn regions of Africa where rape is used as a tactic of war and who despite the horrors of the surrounding war managed to care and shelter up to 40 000 rape victims. He would be someone who would definatly deserve it.

Ljudmila Alexejewa. A veteran Russian human rights activist, who started her career as an activist during the Soviet union and still is active today. The prize going to her would definatly rattle up the Putin regime, aswell as be well deserved for the veteran activist.

Claudia Paz y Paz is a Guatemalan attorny known for her courage by being one of the few people in the justice system to take on former Dictators and their cronies aswell as right wing death squads and drug cartells. A powerfull statement against simply forgetting the crimes of South and Central American dictators aswell as against the violence of the drug cartells is something needed. And she definatly would have deserved it for the courage she has shown.

Malala Yousafzai. The 16 year old Pakistani school girl who has been n active activist for girls education. Giving her the prize would be a powerfull statement against militant islamism.

John Onaiyekan.You may know this catholic bishop from a debate with Stephen Fry, Christopher Hitchens and Ann Widecomb. No matter what you may think of the catholic church, one cant deny that he plays an active role in the current conflicts between muslims and christians in Africa as a mediator and ambassador of peace. Him receiving the prize would make a statement against the violence currently spreading accross where islamic Africa borders christian Africa.
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#2
RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
I hope Malala.
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#3
RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
They are all winners and brave people, but I agree with the captain, Malala is my candidate. (Where's the poll, TGAC? Big Grin)
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RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
(October 11, 2013 at 6:05 am)Kayenneh Wrote: They are all winners and brave people, but I agree with the captain, Malala is my candidate. (Where's the poll, TGAC? Big Grin)

Didnt make a poll.

The laureat is the OPCW. The organisation overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons.

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#5
RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
Pussies. They chose poorly.

Not really. The world will literally breathe a sigh of relief once chemical weapons are finally eradicated once and for all. OPCW does good work.
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RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
(October 11, 2013 at 6:07 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: Didnt make a poll.

Duh! Big Grin

Quote:The laureat is the OPCW. The organisation overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons.

Well shit. Though I'm definitely pro-destroying-horrible-weapons, this seems to me like when the Unemployment Bureau puts people into classes to get the statistics better, without addressing the underlying problems of why people are out of work and without getting them jobs in the end. Because if it looks good on paper.. Facepalm
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
What? No-one from the Taliban made the list?
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#8
RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
Like I do care after Obama received that prize, it has lost all sorts of real value in my eyes.
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RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
Meh, I found the most deserving prize the Physics Nobel. It took a giant machine to prove that goddamn particle.
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#10
RE: Who should get the nobel peace prize?
Peace prize shouldn't be about advocacy of political or ideological positions, it should be about major war and influential peace. Using it for political and ideological advocacy cheapens and discredits it. It is okay to award no prizes at all no one this year managed to meet the criteria.
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