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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."

2 of 259 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Soo.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    America is both those things, actually.
    Debt out the eyeballs and most people sub-standard IQs. Quite sad what has happened really.

    Oh god, why did I get Quahog as the captcha?
    Seriously beginning to think Slashdot is conscious, it linked both Family Guy, America, Poorness and Idiocy via the place they live.

  2. Re:Decline of the Prize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, Barry-O managed to get Tricky Dick Cheney and his henchmen and padawans out of office -- the worst warmongers of the 21st century. If that doesn't deserve a Nobel, what does?