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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by MichaelMoser123 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @11:30PM (#12705965)
Randy Newman says that racism and bigotry are not just limited to southern politicians and that it is a universal problem, at least that's what he says with 'rednecks'; i think that Randy would really deserve the price, but you can't get one for humour/satire, as satire is considered to be a minor muse.

My guess is that Dylan got the price because his generation is aging and they want a statement of that it all really mattered in the larger sense.

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by Ma8ee on Friday October 14, 2016 @12:41AM (#12706175)
It did matter in a larger sense. This is a so much better world than it was 60 years ago.

We still have a long way to go, but imagine if we wouldn't have taken all the small steps that actually were taken, and imagine if we wouldn't have had the leaders and singers that gave us a direction.

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by MichaelMoser123 on Friday October 14, 2016 @08:41AM (#12707671)
the counterculture was very vocal and very interesting phenomenon, did a majority of the young people of the day subscribe to it? I don't think so. Did they really change things in a larger sense? Don't know, might be 'too early to say'.
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