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Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-the-prize-for-best-way-to-quit-your-job-goes-to dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Swedish professor of sociology has nominated Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Giving him the prize would also 'save the Nobel Peace Prize from the disrepute that incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision to award U.S. President Barack Obama' the prize, according to professor Stefan Svallfors. He notes ultimately that at great personal cost, 'Edward Snowden has helped to make the world a little bit better and safer.'"

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  1. Re:Definitely... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mod parent up.

    How the leader of one of the most warmongering nations on Earth got awarded a Nobel Peace Prize is beyond me.

    We will bleed the ground red with those who oppose our peace-efforts!

  2. Re:Definitely... by hendrikboom · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well. he doesn't seem to have started and new wars.

  3. Re: Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, what criteria do you propose? The content of their character? ROFLOL

  4. Re:Definitely... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn, I went to school at the wrong time. My prize was not being beaten senseless in some sort of an attack with racial undertones, sometimes I didn't get to collect the prize...

  5. Re:Definitely... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know...he has a lot of experience with canine transportation you know.

  6. Re:Definitely... by SJHillman · · Score: 1, Funny

    I didn't realize that dog catcher was an elected position.

  7. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rajshekar, V.T. Why Godse Killed Gandhi? Bangalore: Dalit Sahitya Akadiy, 1986.

    I have no additional info/argument regarding Gandhi, but had to say I first read this as "Why Goatse Killed Gandhi?"