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Author Topic:   Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
Izanagi
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Message 6 of 57 (529395)
10-09-2009 9:00 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Larni
10-09-2009 5:38 AM


I was quite surprised that he got the Nobel Peace Prize. I agree that he's a great guy and all, but he hasn't done much at this time to justify receiving it. Then again, maybe it was a slow year.

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Izanagi
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Message 21 of 57 (529482)
10-09-2009 2:56 PM
Reply to: Message 19 by Rahvin
10-09-2009 2:42 PM


Re: The real reason Obama got the prize
Most analysts have agreed that was the main reason for Obama getting the prize. I think that while it is a nice sentiment, it defeats the purpose of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to award achievements, not possible achievements. It would be as if they gave the Nobel Prize in Physics to a physicist for a brilliant idea but before that physicist performed the experiments that would show how their idea is supported by the data.
Obama has great potential to effect change for the better but it still remains to be seen whether he can or will, and awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize will only serve to heighten people's expectations of him. Even I think people are beginning to place too much emphasis on his ability to change the world are placing him on too high a pedestal.

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