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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. Well... by mobby_6kl · · Score: 1, Redundant

    *fetches a flamesuit*

    well, at least that's not as ridiculous as when Obama got the prize!

  2. While the internet has done a good bit for peace.. by Entropius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... can't we find somebody else who deserves the thing? Obama's done no more for world peace than any other sane person in the US: he's not a radical warmonger, but that in itself shouldn't get you an award. Rather than giving it to him, give it to someone who worked to make sure McCain didn't get elected, if you want to tie it to the US.

    Morgan Tsangvirai, maybe. Or the pro-democracy campaigners in Iran.

    Are there really that few good people in the world these days?