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That's one way to render the Peace Prize meaningless.
by veritas 19y ago
That's one way to render the Peace Prize meaningless.
- brlewis 19y agoWhose work do you think has been of the greatest benefit to mankind this past year?
- veritas 19y agoIt's not a question of benefit. I'm not arguing that Gore's promotion of the Global Warming threat wasn't a great benefit, but that he did not deserve the Nobel PEACE Prize. Evangelizing the Global Warming movement doesn't promote peace in any direct way. It might promote it in an indirect way (by stopping resource wars) but even that is doubtful. Give the Peace prize to someone truly deserving of the title ... say the Burmese monks who are attempting to free and save their country/people from oppression. If you can't find someone to give it to, don't give it out at all. This is equivalent to giving Apple the prize for Physics because they put a small hard drive in everyone's hands instead of the people who actually invented the technology.
- brlewis 19y agoI guess the Norwegian committee decided that Gore did "the most or the best work for fraternity between nations." The Burmese monks are doing something within a single nation. http://nobelpeaceprize.org/eng_com_will1.html http://nobelpeaceprize.org/eng_com_will1.html http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/short_testamente.html http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/short_testamente.htm...
- veritas 19y agoThat's just it... what did he do? Sure everyone knows about global warming, but there's still nothing being done. The US is standing still, the Kyoto protocol is a joke and China/India are still industrializing so their fossil fuel consumption is only going up. Europe has made some efforts but nearly enough. I just think it's ridiculous to give out the Peace Prize for basically, promoting a cause. Well whatever :) The committee gave it to him, so congratulations I guess.