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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: cavegal on February 02, 2011, 11:18:41 AM

Title: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: cavegal on February 02, 2011, 11:18:41 AM: http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0211/an_award_for_assange_71f87b50-edb9-4658-85b5-8f91b963ea7b.html

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A member of Norwayâ€™s parliament has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

Snorre Valen, a member of the Socialist Left Party in Norway, says that the secrets-leaking group is â€œone of the most important contributors to freedom of speech and transparency,â€ and that it deserves the same honor as awarded to Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese rights activist.

â€œLiu Xiabao was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech in China. Likewise: Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for those very values globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture
Title: Re: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: thundley4 on February 02, 2011, 11:19:47 AM: Carter, Obama, why not wikileaks. The Nobel Committee has demonstrated they are anti-American.
Title: Re: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: JohnnyReb on February 02, 2011, 11:22:07 AM: It should be put where the sun don't shine.
Title: Re: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: Rebel on February 02, 2011, 12:54:16 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on February 02, 2011, 11:19:47 AM
Carter, Obama, why not wikileaks. The Nobel Committee has demonstrated they are anti-American.

...and Manbearpig over the SAINT Irena Sendler.
Title: Re: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: DLR Pyro on February 02, 2011, 01:18:05 PM: lets not forget yasser arafat also got one
Title: Re: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: JohnnyReb on February 02, 2011, 01:23:51 PM: Quote from: DLR Pyro on February 02, 2011, 01:18:05 PM
lets not forget yasser arafat also got one

They ~~don't~~ give those things to just anybody.
Title: Re: WikiLeaks is nominated for a Nobel
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on February 02, 2011, 01:24:33 PM: It would serve to highlight the pointless Left-wing political bit of posturing to which this once-prestigious award has devolved...as if Obama's receipt of it hadn't been enough to accomplish that already.