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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:52 PM
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27. Yes. Better than the last winner.
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  -Is Julian Assange a good candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize? panader0  Feb-05-11 01:19 PM   #0 
  - Assange and Wikileaks are two different things.  provis99   Feb-05-11 01:20 PM   #1 
  - At its best, Wikileaks uncovers evil. At it's worst,  pnwmom   Feb-05-11 01:24 PM   #6 
  - "important diplomatic efforts to promote peace"? Where?  Wilms   Feb-05-11 07:04 PM   #32 
  - You forgot to put peace in quotes. You mean peace for the dictators of the world not the people.  rhett o rick   Feb-05-11 07:15 PM   #34 
  - And at its most painful,  tavalon   Feb-05-11 08:20 PM   #35 
  - What did Obama have to do with creating world peace when he "won?"  northernlights   Feb-05-11 01:28 PM   #8 
  - Being a PeaceMaker and winning the Nobel Peace Prize are also two different things. n/t  elocs   Feb-05-11 02:08 PM   #16 
  - No, they are not two different things, and Assange has already  sabrina 1   Feb-06-11 12:16 AM   #40 
  - Interfering with diplomacy does nothing to promote peace.  pnwmom   Feb-05-11 01:22 PM   #2 
  - +1  treestar   Feb-05-11 01:24 PM   #5 
  - Of course you two would be against him and whisle blowers in general. They threaten  rhett o rick   Feb-05-11 11:13 PM   #37 
  - By 'interfering with diplomacy' you must have meant 'exposing corruption'.  tekisui   Feb-05-11 08:24 PM   #36 
  - What do you mean 'interfering with diplomacy'? Did you read the  sabrina 1   Feb-06-11 12:24 AM   #41 
  - He should get it on the hope he'll release more stuff in the future  leftstreet   Feb-05-11 01:22 PM   #3 
  - I think he's a good candidate for a horndog prize if there  Cleita   Feb-05-11 01:23 PM   #4 
  - But what he does isn't journalism, it's leaking.  pnwmom   Feb-05-11 01:25 PM   #7 
     - I don't disagree with you, however, what he's doing  Cleita   Feb-05-11 01:28 PM   #9 
     - We could have a Biggest Leaker award. How about that? n/t  pnwmom   Feb-05-11 01:43 PM   #14 
     - using your logic Obama doesn't deserve the peace prize either  Donnachaidh   Feb-05-11 04:16 PM   #17 
     - I don't know why he was chosen for that prize.  pnwmom   Feb-05-11 07:03 PM   #31 
     - No -- journalism is what's being leaked, but it never happened - it's a response to our LACK  defendandprotect   Feb-05-11 07:07 PM   #33 
  - Assange and wikileaks are excellent candidates.  xchrom   Feb-05-11 01:29 PM   #10 
  - Agree. I hope Assange wins it.  ananda   Feb-05-11 01:35 PM   #12 
  - I don't quite understand the choice of Obama or Al Gore for peace prize  RZM   Feb-05-11 01:31 PM   #11 
  - Julian Assange awarded gold medal by Sydney Peace Foundation  Thunderstruck   Feb-05-11 01:39 PM   #13 
  - Maybe if he'd continue a lost war and call it "necessary" he'd get one.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Feb-05-11 01:56 PM   #15 
  - Certainly a much better candidate than Obama.  inna   Feb-05-11 04:19 PM   #18 
  - LOL! nt  Honeycombe8   Feb-05-11 04:20 PM   #19 
  - Part of what Obama won his for was his work as U.S. Senator regarding nuclear proliferation. n/t  Tx4obama   Feb-05-11 04:22 PM   #20 
  - Clearly:  bemildred   Feb-05-11 05:14 PM   #21 
  - The Dark and light of ourselves  Ichingcarpenter   Feb-05-11 05:21 PM   #22 
  - Of course! Quick rec n/t  Catherina   Feb-05-11 06:22 PM   #23 
  - Excellent choice and unlikely to engage in war crimes after winning.  Karmadillo   Feb-05-11 06:48 PM   #24 
  - yes indeed! //nt  Overseas   Feb-05-11 06:51 PM   #25 
  - Only in a non-Olympic year. nt  PBS Poll-435   Feb-05-11 06:51 PM   #26 
  - Yes. Better than the last winner.  emilyg   Feb-05-11 06:52 PM   #27 
  - The Nobel Prize ain't so noble when you can win it and keep on warring.  undeterred   Feb-05-11 06:54 PM   #28 
  - I kinda like the new Jeep  PBS Poll-435   Feb-05-11 06:55 PM   #29 
  - Yes -- !!  defendandprotect   Feb-05-11 06:56 PM   #30 
  - "Will the ultimate effect of the Wikileaks be one that promotes peace?"  cherokeeprogressive   Feb-06-11 12:11 AM   #38 
  - I think the Egyptian people deserve the prize (nt)  davekriss   Feb-06-11 12:12 AM   #39 
 

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