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When did the Nobel peace prize become the "most-influential" prize.
by daemonk 13y ago
When did the Nobel peace prize become the "most-influential" prize.
- hessenwolf 13y agoI assume it must have been before it lost the status when they gave it to a guy who had yet to do anything, other than give some captivating speeches... so... several minutes sometime?
- aestra 13y agoNo way, it was always a joke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies
- Shish2k 13y ago> a guy who had yet to do anything Thus making him infinitely more peaceful than every other major politician of the era :P (If by "major politician" you mean "American president", and by "era" you mean "2001-2010". Which actually is what most people mean, AFAICT...)
- hessenwolf 13y agoLet's scale it by how long he had been in power by that time...
- scrrr 13y agoWho says it's the 'most-influential' prize?
- lechevalierd3on 13y agoWhen Obama got it before he had a chance to do something to deserve it.