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It seems to have gone to a good candidate this year, Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank. They're the ones who give out microloans so poor people, especially women, can start their own businesses. Linkie. Certainly a much better candidate than, say, Mother Teresa or Arafat.
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I love this choice. For a flaming capitalist like me, any time the world recognizes that the best way to fight poverty is to help the poor help themselves, instead of throwing money at their corrupt government organizations, just warms the very cockles of my heart.
edit: just to note, anytime I agree with KOM on anything, it just proves that the end of the world is nigh.
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That's pretty exciting! I'll probably regret asking, but what do you have against Mother Teresa? Entirely apart from anything religious, she did a lot of good.
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I'm amazed they gave the Peace Prize to Mother Teresa. As far as I can tell, she never murdered anyone.
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I think that Yunus was a great choice. I've actually read a bit about him in the past. It is amazing the amount of good that he has done. He didn't just give people food or shelter, he helped them to give themselves a livelihood
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quote:Originally posted by King of Men: It seems to have gone to a good candidate this year, Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank. They're the ones who give out microloans so poor people, especially women, can start their own businesses. Linkie. Certainly a much better candidate than, say, Mother Teresa or Arafat.
Damn. There goes the American sweep. Again...
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Yes, definitely a good thing that how much the free flow of capital improves peace and prosperity in the world is being recognized.
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I would love to see a series on the Discovery Channell or The History Channel entitled "The Peace Bringers". Have it either the history of every Nobel Peace Prize Winner, or docu-dramas about their most important work.
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A good choice, given the shortage of peacemakers these days.
George Marshall, although a cynic, may have been the most deserving winner, although Albert Scweitzer, Marin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and Médicans Sans Frontiers were all good choices.
Literature is often the section were one is lead to ask, "what?"
Dylan Thomas probably would have won eventualy, but his talents were clear enough well before his death. W.H. Auden is also absent from the list, as are Proust and Tolstoy. On the other hand, Frans Eemil Sillanpää is on the list.
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