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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."

3 of 259 comments (clear)

  1. If an idiot got the award for doing nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    If Obama got the award for DOING NOTHING, why not give it to an communication system?

    Seriously, if the :"Internet" wins the award, it will be the same as when Obama won it.

  2. Re:Soo.... by khallow · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Eh. How will the money go where the Nobel Prize Committee wants it to go? A lot, if not all, of these countries don't have the infrastructure to make sure money goes where it is supposed to go. That's a huge part of the reason they are still poor.

  3. Re:Soo.... by Random+BedHead+Ed · · Score: 2, Interesting

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

    I think it's obvious that we'd all get a cut.