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Re:Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel Prize in Literature Thi... by briandear on Friday May 04, 2018 @08:04AM (#16993873)
Yet Kim Dae Jung won in 2000 because of similar promises. And Obama won for absolutely nothing. So there is definitely precedent for prizes awarded with minimal lasting results. Knowing the Nobel Committee though, Kim Jung Un is more likely to win.
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Re:Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel Prize in Literature Thi... by pavlov on Friday May 04, 2018 @08:27AM (#16994003)
I wish the Norwegians would adopt a strict rule against awarding any politicians before they're retired from public service. Obama's prize was pointless and actively damaged the perception of the Peace Prize in the United States.

There are so many worthy recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize that are virtually unknown outside their specific non-profit niches — focus on those instead, and use the prize to highlight their work.

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