• WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
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[QUOTE=5killer;27828836]Honest question, what peace have they brought?[/QUOTE] Honest question - what peace has the last few winners brought? [editline]3rd February 2011[/editline] Implying that the Peace prize is actually worth anything anymore.
[QUOTE=Carne;27830219]Wouldn't surprise me if USA goes all China on Norway if Wikileaks ends up winning.[/QUOTE] That would be hilariously petty.
Doubtful it will happen though, European countries hate Wikileaks nearly as much as the US, so it's not only the US that will try to hinder it.
Release a few secret documents Last Bastion of Truth and Savior of Humanity
America will sleep with all the judges to make sure they dont win.
[QUOTE=Paramud;27830498]Release a [highlight]few[/highlight] secret documents Last Bastion of Truth and Savior of Humanity[/QUOTE] Try over a quarter of a million.
I really do find this most comical...not saying I'm against wikileaks...I just find it funny
Dam, I was hoping somebody who actually did something helpful to the world would get the nomination.
Won't, Can't, Never. Its not happening.
what peace have they caused :geno:
Too bad they won't win, they deserve it too much. Just like Person of the Year. They gave that award to some douchebag. Watch The Social Network, Zuckerburg is a douche.
They deserve it :3:
[QUOTE=c0nk3r;27831251]what peace have they caused :geno:[/QUOTE] What peace has Liu Xiaobo or Obama caused? The Nobel "peace" prize isn't about the peace we know. It's all about promoting "west values" to the rest of the world and uncovering sensitive information. Of course I'm not saying it's a bad thing.
They shouldn't win. They have helped contribute to violent revolutions and rebellions.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;27831625]What peace has Liu Xiaobo or Obama caused? The Nobel "peace" prize isn't about the peace we know. It's all about promoting "west values" to the rest of the world and uncovering sensitive information. Of course I'm not saying it's a bad thing.[/QUOTE] Liu Xiaobo has done far, far more than Obama. One? Doing their job. The other? Still in prison for trying to bring some rights to Chinese people. And whilst some Western values (like consumerism) are not great, others, such as democracy and, say the ability to use the internet (and post this!) are pretty fucking great. So, yay, West!
Snorre Valen "Snorre" is the Swedish slang word for dick. :geno: Wouldn't surprise me if it was the Norwegians actual word for dick either.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks01;27831369]Too bad they won't win, they deserve it too much. Just like Person of the Year. They gave that award to some douchebag. Watch The Social Network, Zuckerburg is a douche.[/QUOTE] Implying Assange isn't one. A website whose only goal is to publish forcibly taken information, regardless of what it may or may not cause with a director who kept throwing shit around even when he was told by a number of people to lay low is nominated for a Nobel prize? As if I needed any more evidence the Nobel prize committee are a bunch of pillocks. [QUOTE=Swebonny;27831625]What peace has Liu Xiaobo or Obama caused? The Nobel "peace" prize isn't about the peace we know. It's all about promoting "west values" to the rest of the world and uncovering sensitive information. Of course I'm not saying it's a bad thing.[/QUOTE] [quote]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 nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."[/quote] Yes, those notes about what leaders think of one another really brought us all closer together, didn't they? Making shit up doesn't help to prove your point.
[QUOTE=M4 Sherman;27829197]I guess this means that Assanage is the first rapist to get nominated for a Nobel Peace prize after creating a site devoted the spewing of militarily secretive information.[/QUOTE] Wikileaks was not created with the intention of sharing military information, it was designed to allow whistleblowers to get their information out there, military, government, private etc. Also I dunno about where you are in the world, but here in Europe (specificity here in the UK where Assange is, and in Sweden where he is wanted) people are innocent till proven guilty so he would not be the first rapist to get nominated for a Nobel peace prize.
I don't see why they should be nominated. :raise: Honestly, out of the all of the leaks, there have been only a few really important ones. The rest can be summed up as shit we already know, shit that doesn't really matter, and shit we don't really need to know. All I've seen come out of Wikileaks is a total diplomatic shit storm and politicians running around like they just had their heads severed. I haven't seen any attempt at promoting actual peace in any way.
Well, at least Wikileaks has gotten a good amount of shit done, unlike Obama who was nominated before he even got started properly.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;27833869] Yes, those notes about what leaders think of one another really brought us all closer together, didn't they? Making shit up doesn't help to prove your point.[/QUOTE] What shit did I make up to prove my point? The peace prize isn't about the peace we know. It isn't about promoting peace between nations. It's a freaking political tool to pick out the ones that like western values most, which I don't think necessarily is a bad thing as democracy and freedom of speech is two important pillars in a society. What I mean is, if you want a real "peace" prize. The Nobel peace prize isn't the one to look at.
Watch this, I'm gonna get a bunch of boxes and x's. All this shit about wikileaks is retarded. They are drama whores led by a drama whore. All they do is cause problems and endanger lives. And to those who say it can't hurt anyone, it has exposed the names of many agents in hostile lands. And for those who think this isn't a problem, try to collect intelligence from hostile governments when they know everything about you.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;27835678]Watch this, I'm gonna get a bunch of boxes and x's. All this shit about wikileaks is retarded. They are drama whores led by a drama whore. All they do is cause problems and endanger lives. And to those who say it can't hurt anyone, it has exposed the names of many agents in hostile lands. And for those who think this isn't a problem, try to collect intelligence from hostile governments when they know everything about you.[/QUOTE] Amen to that bro. Give this guy green check marks!
[QUOTE=Teracotta;27835678]Watch this, I'm gonna get a bunch of boxes and x's. All this shit about wikileaks is retarded. They are drama whores led by a drama whore. All they do is cause problems and endanger lives. And to those who say it can't hurt anyone, it has exposed the names of many agents in hostile lands. And for those who think this isn't a problem, try to collect intelligence from hostile governments when they know everything about you.[/QUOTE] Extravagantly true.
No.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks01;27831369]Too bad they won't win, they deserve it too much. Just like Person of the Year. They gave that award to some douchebag. Watch The Social Network, Zuckerburg is a douche.[/QUOTE] what are you talking about the social network was extremely fucking inaccurate and most of it was made up hollywood shit, even the writer of the movie said so. [editline]3rd February 2011[/editline] But yeah, Zuckerberg didn't deserve "person of the year" :colbert:
[QUOTE=Teracotta;27835678]Watch this, I'm gonna get a bunch of boxes and x's. All this shit about wikileaks is retarded. They are drama whores led by a drama whore. All they do is cause problems and endanger lives. And to those who say it can't hurt anyone, it has exposed the names of many agents in hostile lands. And for those who think this isn't a problem, try to collect intelligence from hostile governments when they know everything about you.[/QUOTE] This is the problem, above all it endangers lives and tells people too much.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;27835678]Watch this, I'm gonna get a bunch of boxes and x's. All this shit about wikileaks is retarded. They are drama whores led by a drama whore. All they do is cause problems and endanger lives. And to those who say it can't hurt anyone, it has exposed the names of many agents in hostile lands. And for those who think this isn't a problem, try to collect intelligence from hostile governments when they know everything about you.[/QUOTE] Please tell me who's life it has endangered. I mean names of people who have actually been killed or threatened as a result of something Wikileaks has leaked. There's a lot of talk about how Wikileaks puts peoples lives at risk, but no concrete evidence has been shown by anyone that this is true. All of Wikileaks recent leaks have had names removed, and IMO having someone's name published (unless its really unique) is not a problem. It's not like their name, address and photo are being published.
[QUOTE=Jsm;27838260]Please tell me who's life it has endangered. I mean names of people who have actually been killed or threatened as a result of something Wikileaks has leaked. There's a lot of talk about how Wikileaks puts peoples lives at risk, but no concrete evidence has been shown by anyone that this is true. All of Wikileaks recent leaks have had names removed, and IMO having someone's name published (unless its really unique) is not a problem. It's not like their name, address and photo are being published.[/QUOTE] This, though they did leave some names uncensored on some of the documents they had rush to release (Afghan War Diary, if I remember correctly).
[QUOTE=Jsm;27838260]Please tell me who's life it has endangered.[/QUOTE] The people in the Muslim nations suffering revolutions at the moment and various agents of governments.
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