2015 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (nobelprize.org) 51
Dave Knott writes: A Tunisian democracy group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contributions to the first and most successful Arab Spring movement. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy" in the North African country following its 2011 revolution. Tunisian protesters sparked uprisings across the Arab world in 2011 that overthrew dictators and upset the status quo. Tunisia is the only country in the region to painstakingly build a democracy, involving a range of political and social forces in dialogue to create a constitution, legislature and democratic institutions. The National Dialogue Quartet is made up of four key organizations in Tunisian civil society: the Tunisian General Labour Union; the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; the Tunisian Human Rights League; and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers.
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Nobel Committee gets behind Arab Spring (Score:2)
The Pope and Edward Snowden are believed to have been prospective candidates for this year's Peace Prize.
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It is being reported the Nobel Committee is attempting to revive waning strength (and interest) in the Arab Spring uprisings.
I don't see the positive "peace" value in replacing unpleasant authoritarian regimes with totalitarian Islamist theocracies, which is where most of the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings have ended up.
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I don't see the positive "peace" value in replacing unpleasant authoritarian regimes with totalitarian Islamist theocracies, which is where most of the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings have ended up.
Ah, the Iraqi solution.
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Can't have that.
Well, Obama does have the distinction of being the first Nobel Peace Prize winner to bomb another Nobel Peace Prize winner. [usatoday.com]
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That anecdote is super compelling, but after reading it I don't understand.
1) Who is the other Nobel Peace Prize winner you are referring to? The article mentions Joanne Liu, but she isn't a nobel winner. So who is it?
2) Obama didn't order that strike anyway. But I'll let that slide since he is commander-in-chief.
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Let me answer my own question:
I didn't realize that entire organizations could get the prize. I thought it was just individuals. Doctor's without borders received the Nobel Peace Prize [nytimes.com]. Now I feel dumb.
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If you want to see how peaceful an American is, it's easier: just burn their flag and most of them want to throw you in jail. Or become an abortion doctor (safer in Tunisia).
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You can burn the U.S. flag and nobody can throw you in jail. The "speech" is protected, even it means you're an asshole.
You just called the US Marines and the Army assholes. Nice going.
From the Marine Corps Flag Manual, MCO P10520.3B,: "Flags determined not to have historical value will be destroyed by the parent organization, privately by burning,"
Army Regulation is AR840-10. Section 2-12, paragraph c, states that if the flag has no historic value, "it should be destroyed privately, preferably by burning,"
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You can burn the U.S. flag and nobody can throw you in jail. The "speech" is protected, even it means you're an asshole.
You just called the US Marines and the Army assholes. Nice going.
From the Marine Corps Flag Manual, MCO P10520.3B,: "Flags determined not to have historical value will be destroyed by the parent organization, privately by burning,"
Army Regulation is AR840-10. Section 2-12, paragraph c, states that if the flag has no historic value, "it should be destroyed privately, preferably by burning,"
You do realize that burning is the proper way to dispose of a US flag, right? The flag must be folded in the traditional triangle shape and placed on the fire. If burning the flag is somehow not possible then it is permitted to bury the flag, again in the triangle fold. You can also shred the flag before burial. This actually is not limited to US flags, other nations have been known to shred and bury flags, particularly in tomes of war to avoid capture of the intact flag.
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Even better, you can send Christians into a murderous rage by submerging a crucifix of Jesus Christ in urine.
Oh, wait. No you wouldn't.
he work was vandalized at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, and gallery officials reported receiving death threats in response to Piss Christ.[15]
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Friday Fun (Score:1, Flamebait)
Let me kick it off:
"Friggin' SJWs, the lot of 'em. They should just stop the UN from giving these stupid Nobel prizes, because they always go to feminazis anyway, like that Chemistry Nobel last week that they gave to Youyou Tu just because she was a woman. I mean, who even gets malaria anymore?"
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Sadly, the real bigots beat you to it.
one of five Arab Sopring uprisings worked (Score:4, Insightful)
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The lesson is if you want an Arab Spring to work, be as far away from the Arab Peninsula as possible.
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The lesson is if you want an Arab Spring to work, be as far away from the Arab Peninsula as possible.
Or you just need actors that are actually committed to forming a representative democracy instead of just taking power for yourself. This last part isn't limited just to the Middle East, unfortunately.
Shouldn't it be a World Heritage Site? (Score:2)
A name for this mass migration / convention? Not 'SciFi Con' or 'Force Con'... Call it, The "Ultimate Con".
Shouldn't that prize be for promoting PEACE? (Score:2)
I do have to say that yes, what they overthrew were no angels. By no stretch of the word (maybe if you add "hell's" before it). But these dictators did one thing: Keep shit quiet. Yes, with force and oppression. But there was PEACE.
Let's take a look at the whole shit now, shall we? North Africa is less stable than ever and the "spring'ed" countries of the Middle East are being overrun by ISIS. That's peace?
And here I was thinking after Obama and "the EU", you couldn't get any more off. But you sure outdid y