tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post756521588744289647..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Hello, Oslo? You There?MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-33097041368135530652012-10-16T04:37:31.825+09:002012-10-16T04:37:31.825+09:00Bryce -
Next year's Peace Prize winner:
Earth...Bryce -<br /><br />Next year's Peace Prize winner:<br />Earth -- for its continued efforts to support life.<br /><br />You can go to Ladbrokes with that one.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-30527803937417199602012-10-15T23:33:12.842+09:002012-10-15T23:33:12.842+09:00What? They didn't give the economics prize to ...What? They didn't give the economics prize to the United States?Brycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-54723008329258940412012-10-15T17:10:59.477+09:002012-10-15T17:10:59.477+09:00At least, and I mean that literally speaking, the ...At least, and I mean that literally speaking, the Nobel Peace Prize should never be awarded to someone or some organization (or someone that represents such organization) that exports arms. Now the EU... joining Kissinger, Carter, Arafat, Peres, Rabin, Begin, Sato, even Gore should never have been awarded if that simple rule was applied. A disgrace. Also, people like Mohandas Gandhi never got it...Martin J Fridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537556834410284837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-84456156597960409762012-10-15T12:17:01.068+09:002012-10-15T12:17:01.068+09:00Mr. Cozens -
A fair point in the general case. ...Mr. Cozens - <br /><br />A fair point in the general case. I was, however, restricting my discussion to the Peace Prize.<br /><br />Then again, on the science side, Nakamura Shuji, the inventor of the blue LED, has received an armload of prizes -- albeit not a Nobel -- and made a mint for his former employer <i>because</i> he refused to do his job.<br /> MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-60326898009386539402012-10-15T11:54:35.683+09:002012-10-15T11:54:35.683+09:00Giving out prizes to folks for doing their jobs is...<i>Giving out prizes to folks for doing their jobs is...stupid.</i><br /><br />Isn't that, in a sense, what all the science prizes ever have been?Simon Cozenshttp://www.simon-cozens.org/noreply@blogger.com