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Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

30 points by peterkelly 13y ago

skizm 13y ago
I thought after Obama got this award, we (the internet) decided this award wasn't worth our attention. Also isn't getting nominated for this award a pretty low barrier of entry? Or am I misremembering?
- jeltz 13y ago
  Yeah, the group of people who can submit nominations is huge. They get 150 to 200 nominations per year. Details on who can nominate: http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_committee/who-can-nominate/ http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_committee/who-ca...
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  >I thought after Obama got this award, we (the internet) decided this award wasn't worth our attention. A lot of people were rightly skeptical of the idea that awarding the prize in an attempt to influence a politician's actions would be beneficial. Nice try, I guess. Obama's is also not the first controversial award. Kissinger? Arafat?
sp332 13y ago
The Peace Prize is not like the other Nobel prizes. It has a different charter and a separate committee. Lately they've been handing out prizes to promote peaceful actions, not to retroactively reward them. That was their justification for awarding Obama one at the beginning of his administration.
- RodericDay 13y ago
  well given how that worked out they may be going back to basics.
bromagosa 13y ago
Someone who enlisted in the US army and trained to go to the Iraq war to shoot people down is not exactly what I call a pacifist.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  Is pacifism a prerequisite?
- GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
  People change. You can have a revelation, and become a pacifist.
  - nhebb 13y ago
    Given that Nobel himself invented dynamite, I would think that understanding is inherent to the prize. Besides, when I was in the Army, most soldiers did not want to go to war. After all, they're the ones who are putting their lives at risk. Instead, most enlisted out of either a sense of honor or out of economic need - either the college fund or a stable career. I knew a lot of guys for whom the Army was a step up from their outside job prospects. Despite the stereotypes sometimes portrayed by Hollywood, there are very few warmongering types in the military.

30 points by peterkelly 13y ago

skizm 13y ago

I thought after Obama got this award, we (the internet) decided this award wasn't worth our attention. Also isn't getting nominated for this award a pretty low barrier of entry? Or am I misremembering?

jeltz 13y ago
Yeah, the group of people who can submit nominations is huge. They get 150 to 200 nominations per year. Details on who can nominate: http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_committee/who-can-nominate/ http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_committee/who-ca...
fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
>I thought after Obama got this award, we (the internet) decided this award wasn't worth our attention. A lot of people were rightly skeptical of the idea that awarding the prize in an attempt to influence a politician's actions would be beneficial. Nice try, I guess. Obama's is also not the first controversial award. Kissinger? Arafat?

sp332 13y ago

The Peace Prize is not like the other Nobel prizes. It has a different charter and a separate committee. Lately they've been handing out prizes to promote peaceful actions, not to retroactively reward them. That was their justification for awarding Obama one at the beginning of his administration.

RodericDay 13y ago
well given how that worked out they may be going back to basics.

bromagosa 13y ago

Someone who enlisted in the US army and trained to go to the Iraq war to shoot people down is not exactly what I call a pacifist.

fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
Is pacifism a prerequisite?
GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
People change. You can have a revelation, and become a pacifist.
- nhebb 13y ago
  Given that Nobel himself invented dynamite, I would think that understanding is inherent to the prize. Besides, when I was in the Army, most soldiers did not want to go to war. After all, they're the ones who are putting their lives at risk. Instead, most enlisted out of either a sense of honor or out of economic need - either the college fund or a stable career. I knew a lot of guys for whom the Army was a step up from their outside job prospects. Despite the stereotypes sometimes portrayed by Hollywood, there are very few warmongering types in the military.