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Al Gore bests this woman

aplusmnt

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Goodpasture said:
aplusmnt said:
Al Gore is to stupid to know he should be embarrassed to receive it, and should turn it down.
Coming from you this is high praise indeed......

If you are so wise and knowledgeable then please explain your opinions on this prestige award, with its past recipients such as Arafat and neglected winners like Gandhi?
 
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Anonymous

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It appears to me that the Norwegian Nobel Committee have lost all sight of what Nobel wanted it awarded for-- and why...


The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".

The reason behind the peace prize is less clear. Some have said it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing destructive forces (Nobel's inventions included dynamite and ballistite). However, none of his explosives, except for ballistite, were used in any war during his lifetime, although the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an Irish nationalist organisation, did carry out dynamite attacks in the 1880s.


The Norwegian Parliament appoints the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Laureate for the Peace Prize.

Nobels actual request:

"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:


The capital shall be invested by my executors in safe securities and shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical works by the Caroline Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, so that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not."
 

nonothing

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After reading the article that got this thread started two things came to mind...First is,what a wonderful human being Irena Sendler is.The help she gave others during a very sad time in world history should be never forgotten...I think there is a place for her story to be told but more as A life saver then a peace keeper...What she did was brave and we should all strive to show others the kindness she showed those she saved....Bless her heart...

The thing that bothered me is that this writer noel Sheppard brings up her story after the prize had been awarded to Mr Gore...Had this writer any credibility why was he not telling this story years ago,not in 2007? I will not sit here and say Al Gore deserved or did not deserve this prize for peace,as I do not really know the criteria in which one needs to cast,to be given such an award...I do,however,feel this author took Mrs sendler's act of kindness and used it to taint Mr Gores achievements, rather then champion Mrs sendler's heroic deeds..

What we should all take from this is,there are stories that need to be told and we need to find a place for those stories to live on......A peace prize is just something you put on the wall.What Irena Sendler did is prize-less and is worth a front row ticket to heaven...

I thank Al Gore for one thing,had another person won the this prize,Irena Sendler's story may never of crossed my eyes...I just wish all those who helped her along the way got mentioned also....Sometime its not the hand of god that reaches out to help,but more the hands of God...God bless Irena Sendler and those who stood along side her....
 

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