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Re:Former Columnist Jailed for Facebook Criticism of Myanmar... by chimeracoder on Thursday September 20, 2018 @01:22PM (#18034065)
> The classic crazy example would be Obama’s prize. It was obviously just a “you're not George W. Bush” prize. Hard to take such a thing seriously

Tom Lehrer, a satirical musician, once said that political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was given the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Re:Former Columnist Jailed for Facebook Criticism of Myanmar... by mikeash on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:15PM (#18035126)
That is a good example, but at least Kissinger did actually contribute to peace, even though overshadowed by his other activities.
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