the peace prize

[baleanoptera]

Hey! The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama!

Congrats to all the Americans on my flist.

Comments

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

Well, if the committee wanted to create a debate (and they probably did) then I'd say they managed it well. ;)

But as I said to lage_nom_ai above, I think it's to display international support tec.

[applegnat.livejournal.com]

That was nice of them, but surely we cannot discount the backlash he will face, both at home and abroad, for being awarded an honour prematurely. I can smell the right-wingers stirring up the Antichrist rumours already! And how would his usually credible left-wing supporters defend this?

Oh well, I suppose there have been several less deserving awardees in the past. :D

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the potential for backlash is clearly there. Though I cannot shake the notion that the anti-Obama league would find fault no matter what. When you declare someone to be the Antichrist/Hitler etc you're not exactly the most rational person to begin with.

I suppose there have been several less deserving awardees in the past. :D

Shall we say that among past award winners there are some interesting people? ;)