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Obama said he didn't deserve the prize, and everyone agrees. It's more fair to look at the long history of recipients (MLK, Mandela, Mother Teresa) than to jud
by raegis 6y ago
Obama said he didn't deserve the prize, and everyone agrees. It's more fair to look at the long history of recipients (MLK, Mandela, Mother Teresa) than to judge the prize on one or two errors. Otherwise, almost all prizes are meaningless.
- corin_ 6y agoPersonally, I wouldn't include Mother Teresa in a list of examples of people who deserved it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
- nabla9 6y agoon one or two errors? Kissinger, Moniz, Briand, Obama, Mother Theresa, Kim Dae-jung.
- mkl 6y agoTo save others the confusion, Moniz didn't win Peace but the "Physiology or Medicine" prize for inventing lobotomies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies