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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."

6 of 259 comments (clear)

  1. Obligatory by NYMeatball · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "At least the Internet's been in office longer than Obama"

  2. Decline of the Prize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it just me, or is the Peace Price rapidly declining into nothing more than an alternate venue for Time magazine's "man/woman/person/object of the year"?

    1. Re:Decline of the Prize by retchdog · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If Kissinger (1973) didn't kill its credibility, then Arafat; Peres; Rabin (1994) did.

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    2. Re:Decline of the Prize by Kral_Blbec · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And if that didn't so it, then last year sure did.

  3. Tim Berners-Lee by wigaloo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have always thought that Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World-Wide-Web, is deserving of a Peace Prize. Communication is the foundation of peace, and it is hard do identify another individual who has done so much for world-wide communications in recent history.

    Awarding the Peace Prize to a thing? Ugh. Don't get me started. Awarding the Prize to organizations is silly enough already.

  4. Re:Soo.... by penguinoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My guess, if the internet wins the Nobel Peace Prize, the money will go toward internet infrastructure in poor countries with a violence problem.

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