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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by leo-rcc » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:57 am

Well sorry, but after 8 years of Bush even an untrained monkey could only improve diplomatic relationships. As for the nuclear disarmament, I am not so sure that that is a good thing but that is personal opinion.

And don't get me started on the environmental issues.
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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by charlou » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:01 am

Psi Wavefunction wrote:Our lord the savior hath come to deliver us from ourselves, etc.... seriously, do people NEVER LEARN? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
From that perspective, the very notion of this kind of award is bollocks.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:06 am

Charlou wrote:
Psi Wavefunction wrote:Our lord the savior hath come to deliver us from ourselves, etc.... seriously, do people NEVER LEARN? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
From that perspective, the very notion of this kind of award is bollocks.
I look at it as incentive for other people to try and do the same. The Peace Prize has been the "Oscar" of the diplomatic world ever since Nobel's guilt trip started. (And you gotta love 2,4-dinitrotoluene even if you're on the receiving end.)
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Post by owtth » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:07 am

leo-rcc wrote:Well sorry, but after 8 years of Bush even an untrained monkey could only improve diplomatic relationships. As for the nuclear disarmament, I am not so sure that that is a good thing but that is personal opinion.

And don't get me started on the environmental issues.

This is probably the reason behind the decision. Compared to the war-monger Bush, Obama's like Gandhi, it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.
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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by charlou » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:17 am

owtth wrote:it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.
Now that I can sympathise with.
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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by Elessarina » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:18 am

owtth wrote:
This is probably the reason behind the decision. Compared to the war-monger Bush, Obama's like Gandhi, it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.

The election of Obama as well was such an amazing world-changing event. If he gets his health care reform sorted - maybe he'll get another one... :levi:

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:21 am

Elessarina wrote:
owtth wrote:
This is probably the reason behind the decision. Compared to the war-monger Bush, Obama's like Gandhi, it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.

The election of Obama as well was such an amazing world-changing event. If he gets his health care reform sorted - maybe he'll get another one... :levi:
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Post by Chinaski » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:41 am

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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by Drewish » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:45 am

First they give one to Al Gore for his propaganda flick, now they give one to Obama, even though he's done all of shit since he's been in office. The Nobel prizes are now official leftist masterbation.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:49 am

andrewclunn wrote:First they give one to Al Gore for his propaganda flick, now they give one to Obama, even though he's done all of shit since he's been in office. The Nobel prizes are now official leftist masterbation.
Yeah, they should have given it to Osama bin Laden for his work increasing US/UK military cooperation. :lay:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:51 am

If the Nobel Committee did a comedy award, Bush would have got one

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Post by Drewish » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:53 am

No, they should have given it to somebody who actually accomplished something. The Nobel awards are more and more about ideology (especially the non-scientific ones) than about actual accomplishments. If that's not the definition of bias then I don't know what is.
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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by Elessarina » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:57 am

andrewclunn wrote:No, they should have given it to somebody who actually accomplished something. The Nobel awards are more and more about ideology (especially the non-scientific ones) than about actual accomplishments. If that's not the definition of bias then I don't know what is.

But the prize is about bias anyway.. it's awarded to a person, not an event.

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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by Chinaski » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:58 am

The Associated Press wrote wrote:_ Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.

More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.
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Re: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:00 am

Elessarina wrote:
andrewclunn wrote:No, they should have given it to somebody who actually accomplished something. The Nobel awards are more and more about ideology (especially the non-scientific ones) than about actual accomplishments. If that's not the definition of bias then I don't know what is.

But the prize is about bias anyway.. it's awarded to a person, not an event.
Encouragement is vital to keep the ball rolling with the changes BHO is working on. The more he's recognized for trying, the more he can try.
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