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Malala wins the Peace Prize

Started by Martinus, October 10, 2014, 04:57:05 AM

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Martinus


Viking

Now you can get it for social media presence?

Sigh... Well at least this one doesn't tarnish the prize and she did fight for something explicitly good; girls education.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

mongers

A deserving winner, I don't know much about the Indian activist she shares it with.


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Article here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29564935


"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Zanza

Good choice. Working for disadvantaged children is certainly worthy of recognition and the peace prize seems fitting for that.

Zanza

I read an article about Kailash Satyarthi now and it sounds like he deserves every accolade possible. He seems to be a good man successfully working towards a noble goal.

Josephus

Kid's got a bright future, I think.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Liep

Quote from: Josephus on October 10, 2014, 08:53:50 AM
Kid's got a bright future, I think.

Judging by her track record it'll be a short one too.
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

garbon

So what is more irrelevant - the Peace Prize or the UN? :unsure:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Maximus

Well, IIRC the peace prize comes with a million bucks.

Maladict

Quote from: Liep on October 10, 2014, 09:06:04 AM
Quote from: Josephus on October 10, 2014, 08:53:50 AM
Kid's got a bright future, I think.

Judging by her track record it'll be a short one too.

She has probably already done more than I ever will. :(

Liep

Quote from: garbon on October 10, 2014, 09:11:11 AM
So what is more irrelevant - the Peace Prize or the UN? :unsure:

The UN has the power to be irrelevant in more areas than the Peace Prize.
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

garbon

Quote from: Maximus on October 10, 2014, 09:12:29 AM
Well, IIRC the peace prize comes with a million bucks.

So both are highly relevant from those that can make a living from them. Call that a draw on that front then.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Josephus

Quote from: Maladict on October 10, 2014, 09:12:47 AM
Quote from: Liep on October 10, 2014, 09:06:04 AM
Quote from: Josephus on October 10, 2014, 08:53:50 AM
Kid's got a bright future, I think.

Judging by her track record it'll be a short one too.

She has probably already done more than I ever will. :(
than all of us.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Josephus

Quote from: Maximus on October 10, 2014, 09:12:29 AM
Well, IIRC the peace prize comes with a million bucks.

Wow...in Afghanistan that's like 10 million bucks. Party!
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Viking

Quote from: garbon on October 10, 2014, 09:11:11 AM
So what is more irrelevant - the Peace Prize or the UN? :unsure:

I'd say the UN, simply because the UN got a peace prize, while the peace prize doesn't have a UN.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.