The Candidate has already been chosen, according to the head of the committee. There has been some discussion about a chinese dissident being chosen, but apparently the Nobel Committee doesn't want to piss off the chinese communists. But there is some speculation on who might get it. I've never heard of any of them. Here are a few of the "hottest candidates"
Sima Samar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Samar Afghani Human and Womens Rights advocate. An apparently decent and honourable person, but I have to ask, does she honour the prize or does the prize honour her?
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ghazi_bin_Muhammad WTF? How the fuck can you even be considered for a Nobel Prize when the only person to contribute to your wikipedia article is YOUR OWN FUCKING PRIVATE SECRETARY! I can get his CV at the Jordanian Ministry for Blue Bloods.
Piedad Córdoba - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedad_C%C3%B3rdoba She is a FARC friendly Colombian politician who has participated in negotiations freeing 50 FARC hostages. She has been implicated in the farcopolitcs scandal and has been seen hugging and kissing FARC leaders.
If these are the hottest candidates then I am completely sure that not awarding the award is preferable.
If I had to suggest candidates I'd possibly suggest the Presidents of Armenia and Turkey for their work normalising relations, the African Union officials involved in the Darfur operation, the Niger Delta amnesty people and the people involved in the Aceh peace.
Errr perhaps it is worth mentioning what the prize is for? Chemistry? Biology? Literature?
1 - this does not belong in the gaming thread move plz. I fucked up
2 - The Prize I'm referring to is the Peace Prize.
So is this like the old DOS game President Elect, where you have to try and get your nominee the prize?
Or do you play as the committee, and have to pick the best nominee?
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 07, 2009, 08:33:39 AM
So is this like the old DOS game President Elect, where you have to try and get your nominee the prize?
Or do you play as the committee, and have to pick the best nominee?
I'm an idiot, I should have posted in the Off the Record.
I've done this before. I'm an Idiot.
I must say, you always start threads about weird games. What was it last time? Pigeons or something, if I remember correctly.
Quote from: BVN on October 07, 2009, 09:11:44 AM
I must say, you always start threads about weird games. What was it last time? Pigeons or something, if I remember correctly.
:ultra: :ultra: :ultra: :ultra: :ultra:
Now that we are in the right place now lets talk about the progressive cheapening of the Nobel Peace Prize
Afte rthe unexpected success in Iraq, it should certainly go to Bush.
Quote from: Berkut on October 07, 2009, 09:33:18 AM
Afte rthe unexpected success in Iraq, it should certainly go to Bush.
I believe that he should have gotten it with Colin Powell for the South Sudan Peace Treaty.
Edit: I keep misspelling believe.
Quote from: Berkut on October 07, 2009, 09:33:18 AM
Afte rthe unexpected success in Iraq, it should certainly go to Bush.
It should be awarded to Obama - not for what he's
done, but for what he's
going to do.
;)
A game with the goal of winning the Nobel Prize could be fun. You could win by leading a massive non-violent campaign for basic rights (MLK), for giving people false hope that you might not tolerate terrorism anymore (Arafat), or while asking tough questions such as whether western scientists created HIV to destroy Africa (someone I had never heard of). You could also get the award for very little discernable reason (Kissinger).
And still they fail to recognise me :sigh:
Quote from: alfred russel on October 07, 2009, 09:43:41 AM
...You could also get the award for very little discernable reason (Kissinger).
Ended some obscure little tiff called "The Vietnam War" and only got it because somebody named Le Duc Tho was getting half the award and the prize committee needed someone to give the other half to.
Quote from: Malthus on October 07, 2009, 09:38:47 AM
Quote from: Berkut on October 07, 2009, 09:33:18 AM
Afte rthe unexpected success in Iraq, it should certainly go to Bush.
It should be awarded to Obama - not for what he's done, but for what he's going to do.
;)
well, that is the reason Arafat, Rabin and Peres got it.
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 10:01:36 AMQuote
It should be awarded to Obama - not for what he's done, but for what he's going to do.
;)
well, that is the reason Arafat, Rabin and Peres got it.
Ironically, you cannot even make
that argument for Gore getting it! :lol:
People get the Peace Prize because they are trendy in a way that catches the awards committee's fancy. The award itself certainly has no remaining cred.
Quote from: grumbler on October 07, 2009, 10:14:52 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 10:01:36 AMQuote
It should be awarded to Obama - not for what he's done, but for what he's going to do.
;)
well, that is the reason Arafat, Rabin and Peres got it.
Ironically, you cannot even make that argument for Gore getting it! :lol:
People get the Peace Prize because they are trendy in a way that catches the awards committee's fancy. The award itself certainly has no remaining cred.
Poor ol Alfred must have been smoking some strong shit when he gave the norweigian parliament the power over this prize. :(
In other news the good prizes seems to have found worthy recipients but then they always do....well most of the time anyhow.
Quote from: grumbler on October 07, 2009, 09:57:26 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on October 07, 2009, 09:43:41 AM
...You could also get the award for very little discernable reason (Kissinger).
Ended some obscure little tiff called "The Vietnam War" and only got it because somebody named Le Duc Tho was getting half the award and the prize committee needed someone to give the other half to.
Well, he didn't really end that obscure tiff, though he did play a big role in expanding it. Looking at his record globally, he was a terrible choice--and was recognized as such at the time.
Quote from: Cecil on October 07, 2009, 10:18:05 AM
Quote from: grumbler on October 07, 2009, 10:14:52 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 10:01:36 AMQuote
It should be awarded to Obama - not for what he's done, but for what he's going to do.
;)
well, that is the reason Arafat, Rabin and Peres got it.
Ironically, you cannot even make that argument for Gore getting it! :lol:
People get the Peace Prize because they are trendy in a way that catches the awards committee's fancy. The award itself certainly has no remaining cred.
Poor ol Alfred must have been smoking some strong shit when he gave the norweigian parliament the power over this prize. :(
He gave it to Norway because he thought that small, independent, anti-imperialist and non-aligned norway was diametrically opposed to the larger imperialist sweden.
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 10:30:50 AM
He gave it to Norway because he thought that small, independent, anti-imperialist and non-aligned norway was diametrically opposed to the larger imperialist sweden.
Except that Norway was not only not non-aligned, it wasn't even independent, when Nobel made that decision! :lol:
wake me up when it's the Riksbank's turn.
Fidel won't be around much longer. Is it time for his 15 minutes?
Of all the great things Nobel did keeping the Peace Prize out of Sweden is by far the greatest. Now it doesn't cheapen the real prizes.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 07, 2009, 11:59:30 AM
wake me up when it's the Riksbank's turn.
fake nobel prize!! :ultra:
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 07, 2009, 11:59:30 AM
wake me up when it's the Riksbank's turn.
Those liberal commies? They threw our election last year!
I think our Languish forum should be up for a Nobel Prize for peace. Since we have a worldwide group that wisely and intelligently discusses issues in peaceable and respectful manners. :cool:
;)
Quote from: grumbler on October 07, 2009, 10:14:52 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 10:01:36 AMQuote
It should be awarded to Obama - not for what he's done, but for what he's going to do.
;)
well, that is the reason Arafat, Rabin and Peres got it.
Ironically, you cannot even make that argument for Gore getting it! :lol:
People get the Peace Prize because they are trendy in a way that catches the awards committee's fancy. The award itself certainly has no remaining cred.
Certainly not since Theodore Roosevelt won it, anyway.
Quote from: KRonn on October 07, 2009, 01:04:23 PM
I think our Languish forum should be up for a Nobel Prize for peace. Since we have a worldwide group that wisely and intelligently discusses issues in peaceable and respectful manners. :cool:
;)
Imagine Siegy on Stage with Arafat. And then tell me if it is a good idea.
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 05:19:51 PM
Quote from: KRonn on October 07, 2009, 01:04:23 PM
I think our Languish forum should be up for a Nobel Prize for peace. Since we have a worldwide group that wisely and intelligently discusses issues in peaceable and respectful manners. :cool:
;)
Imagine Siegy on Stage with Arafat. And then tell me if it is a good idea.
For one, Arafat won't smell so good right now ... :(
Quote from: Malthus on October 07, 2009, 05:27:08 PM
For one, Arafat won't smell so good right now ... :(
That was never a strong point for him even in life.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/07/nobel_peace_prize_also_rans
comparing arafat to gandhi and eleanore roosevelt etc.etc.etc.
Herta Muller got the Oscar. Basically we forced it upon her by making her feel the harsh hand of the Securitate services.