Swedish professor urges the Nobel peace prize commitee to give Snowden the Nobel peace prize. [Trans - Polidicks

[quote][B]Umeå Professor: Give Snowden Peace Prize[/B] [I]Stefan Svallfors who is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, in an open letter proposed whistle-blower Edward Snowden as Nobel Peace Prize winner.[/I] The motivation Stefan Svallfors gives is that Snowden had committed a heroic effort at great personal expense when he highlighted the U.S. electronic surveillance in violation of the domestic laws and international regulations. Moreover, he believes that it would provide peace prize committee its reputation back after it criticized the decision to give Obama the peace prize. [B][U]Here is the letter in its entirety[/U][/B]: "Best committee members! I suggest that the 2013 Peace Prize awarded to the American citizen Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden has - in a heroic effort at great personal cost - revealed the existence and extent of the surveillance, the U.S. government devotes electronic communications worldwide. By putting light on this monitoring program - conducted in contravention of national laws and international agreements - Edward Snowden has helped to make the world a little bit better and safer. Through his personal efforts, he has also shown that individuals can stand up for fundamental rights and freedoms. This example is important because since the Nuremberg trials in 1945 has been clear that the slogan "I was just following orders" is never claimed as an excuse for acts contrary to human rights and freedoms. Despite this, it is very rare that individual citizens having the insight of their personal responsibility and courage Edward Snowden shown in his revelation of the American surveillance program. For this reason, he is a highly affordable candidate. The decision to award the 2013 prize to Edward Snowden would - in addition to being well justified in itself - also help to save the Nobel Peace Prize from the disrepute that incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision to award U.S. President Barack Obama 2009 award. It would show its willingness to stand up in defense of civil liberties and human rights, even when such a defense be viewed with disfavour by the world's dominant military power. Sincerely Stefan Svallfors Professor of Sociology at Umeå University"[/quote] [url=http://www.vk.se/934383/umeaproffesorn-ge-snowden-fredspriset]Source[/url] [url=http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.vk.se/934383/umeaproffesorn-ge-snowden-fredspriset%0A]Google Translate[/url]'d [editline]14th July 2013[/editline] Before you start bashing the Peace Prize, here is something I quote from /u/MechDigital over on Reddit: [quote]Unfortunately you can pretty much blame this guy: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorbjørn_Jagland[/url] He couldn't even run tiny Norway competently, sat all kinds of records in badness of leadership(it's a thing) and was hidden away some place where he wouldn't be able to do much harm, i.e. the Nobel committee. Or at least that was the theory. In short: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.[/quote]

Had a 6 figure salary and did a selfless act that has committed himself to a death sentence. Honestly that takes a lot of courage.

If you're going to give one to Obama for being a total warmonger, you best be giving one to him. He literally gave up EVERYTHING to do the right thing.

[QUOTE=MR-X;41454918]If you're going to give one to Obama for being a total warmonger, you best be giving one to him. He literally gave up EVERYTHING to do the right thing.[/QUOTE] Ah actually, Obama's Peace Prize was justified: drone strikes. The craters they leave are super peaceful.

[QUOTE=Kendra;41454951]Ah actually, Obama's Peace Prize was justified: drone strikes. The craters they leave are super peaceful.[/QUOTE] super peaceful and reeking of freedom

They won't. The Nobel peace prize commitee is so politically biased it's not even funny.

How about we don't? What he did was commendable and the right thing and all that, and it's good that he did it, but it is also causing quite a clusterfuck as the NSA and the White House try to bully their way into getting him. I can't help but wonder if it may end up starting a war...

[QUOTE=TestECull;41455187]How about we don't? What he did was commendable and the right thing and all that, and it's good that he did it, but it is also causing quite a clusterfuck as the NSA and the White House try to bully their way into getting him. I can't help but wonder if it may end up [B]starting a war[/B]...[/QUOTE] You what? You crazy?

Let's get this clear before the bashing starts: [b]The Nobel Peace Prize winner is selected by a special Norwegian committee and not the ordinary Nobel committee[/b]

[QUOTE=TestECull;41455187]How about we don't? What he did was commendable and the right thing and all that, and it's good that he did it, but it is also causing quite a clusterfuck as the NSA and the White House try to bully their way into getting him. I can't help but wonder if it may end up starting a war...[/QUOTE] between who and who? russia and the usa? please, neither side would want to get into that war. the only way it could start a war is if the usa invaded some third world nation or got someone else to invade some third world nation as a distraction, which is still a ridiculous idea considering americans are sorta tired of invading countries thousands of miles away, at least for a little while they are.