Edward Snowden Should Have Won Nobel Peace Prize: Poll

[Judi Lynn]

Published on Friday, October 10, 2014
by Common Dreams

Edward Snowden Should Have Won Nobel Peace Prize: Poll

Readers of Guardian newspaper chose whistleblower over official winner Malala
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Edward Snowden should have been the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to readers of the UK's Guardian.

According to results of a poll taken by the newspaper, 48 percent of readers thought that the NSA whistleblower—who was among the possible winners of the official prize—should be given the award.

Chelsea Manning, who is currently serving a 35-year term for releasing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks, received 15 percent of readers' votes.

Pakistani eduction rights activist Malala Yousafzai garnered 37 percent of the votes.

Yousafzai was jointly awarded along with Indian children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi the official Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. At 17, Yousafzai, known widely as simply Malala, becomes the youngest Laureate. Though Satyarthi's name may be less familiar to many, his decades of peaceful work in the tradition of Gandhi caused him to be nominated several times in the past decade, the Times of India reports.

In their nomination of Snowden for the official prize, Norwegian lawmakers Bård Vegar Solhjell and Snorre Valen stated that his "actions have in effect led to the reintroduction of trust and transparency as a leading principle in global security policies. Its value can’t be overestimated."

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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Edward Snowden changed World consciouness

on how with view our perceived reality with the NET, compters or phones

Peace....???
Don't think so.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Well of course guardian readership would say that...

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talk about a rigged poll and a bullshit non-story...

If I ask the right people I'll show you a poll which says Derek Jeter should have won it

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. LOL ...

If I ask the right people I'll show you a poll which says Derek Jeter should have won it

Likewise, if I asked the right people, I could have David Duke win the NAACP Image Award.

[Chan790]

4. The Nobel prizes have never been a popularity contest.

It doesn't matter any more whether a poll of Guardian readers thinks Snowden should have won the Nobel Peace Prize that it would matter if a poll of Guardian readers thinks the sky is taupe, if a poll of DU posters thinks he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, if a poll of Daily Caller readers thinks he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, if a poll of women named after varieties of toast think he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, or any other non-sequitur opinion that has nothing to do with how the prize is actually awarded.

[merrily]

5. Malala deserved it. At her tender age, she has said that, if she could speak to her attacker,

she would speak on the value of education, then say, "Now, do whatever you want."

That young, and knowing what it is to be shot, she is still willing to die for her beliefs, but not to strike back.

If that is not deserving of a peace prize, I have no idea what would be.

She is inspirational.

[madmom]

6. The right person won.

[yurbud]

7. Snowden is a threat to the elite, Malala isn't.

Her work is very admirable, but Snowden's contribution will likely contribute to replacing our current profoundly corrupt political system.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Yeah, I hear the elites in Moscow are shitting their pants...

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And if you think Malala isn't a threat to the cultural elites in her corner of the world, god help you...

[geek tragedy]

8. yeah, Malala was TOTALLY undeserving compared to the libertarian icon

and we have an INTERNET POLL to prove it

typical low grade nonsense from common dreams, the dumbest online voice of the left

I guess the whining about Obama winning the peace prize can be replaced by how some girl from the third world robbed Captain Eddie of his rightful moment of glory.

Malala totally deserved to win, and has 100 times more courage than Snoweden & Co.

[JI7]

10. HAHHAHAHAHHA

[whereisjustice]

11. Standing ovation for Snowden film...

Looks like a good film, important chapter of American history and our de-evolution from a constitutionally based government to an oligarchy.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/12/snowden-documentary-confirms-existence-new-national-security-whistleblower