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wsscarebear

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Our new president
« on: March 01, 2010, 06:22:20 am »
I really do not understand what all the fuss is about. Yes, he is the first black president, but how does that get him a free nobell peace prize? He has done nothing to earn it and cheapened the prize in itself by excepting it. tell me your thoughts on this subject if you like.

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Re: Our new president
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 07:00:53 am »
Shouldn't this be in the new sub-section of the Off Topic forum?

But as for this topic, I sort of agree. I think it should be handled more like the way the Nobel Prizes for science are handled. They tend to wait a much longer period of time between the achievement / research and when they give out the prize. They make a better study of the research to see if it truly is something so novel that it will revolutionize that sector in science or is such a breakthrough that it will show immediate improvements in every-day life. If they were to do it that way, you could then look back over a person's achievements in the realm of peace and say "Yes, that person truly did something to bring about peace to the world"

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