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Internet Nominated For 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-don't-know-where-to-send-the-fruit-basket dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's official. The Internet, which has virtually revolutionized world communication, has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. 'Organizers said signatories to its petition backing the nomination include 2003 peace laureate and exiled Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi — which would make it a legitimate entry.' The nomination was proposed by the Italian edition of Wired magazine for promoting 'dialogue, debate and consensus through communication' as well as democracy."

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  1. Soo.... by nine-times · · Score: 5, Funny

    who would get the cash prize? Please don't tell me it's "anonymous". I hate that guy.

    1. Re:Soo.... by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 5, Funny

      I dunno, is Al Gore even allowed to receive two Nobel Peace prizes?

    2. Re:Soo.... by LockeOnLogic · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, the United States then?

    3. Re:Soo.... by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      but why did it get nominated?

      It's been the scene for the biggest flame-wars in history! Is it just because so few people actually died because of these wars?

      And Hitler seems to get mentioned a surprising number of times...

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    4. Re:Soo.... by SEWilco · · Score: 4, Funny

      Obviously Nigeria should get the cash prize. They've given out quintillions through the Internet. Why, I'm getting $3.4 billion this week alone from them.

  2. The speech by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Internet has decided to present its acceptance speech in form of a Twitter live feed.

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  3. irony by Lord+Ender · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US department of defense will be accepting the award, as they funded the first tubes.

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  4. Let Al Gore Accept by CodeBuster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Al Gore should accept on behalf of the Internet; this way the irrelevance of the Nobel Peace Prize will be complete.

  5. darpa by portscan · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, the award would really have to be given to DARPA -- the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is where the Internet was invented. After all the attention last year given to Obama receiving the prize while waging two wars, I think giving it to the US Military directly would really drive some people over the edge.

  6. Blasphemy! by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    The internet's acceptance speech was actually:

    HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

  7. I nominate ... by wisnoskij · · Score: 4, Funny

    I nominate Inanimate Carbon Rod for employee of the month.

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