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Fred Sanders

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5. That the emergent democracy was able to survive that attack is another reason the prize was so

Reply to pampango (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 06:20 PM

Oct 2015

deserved.

Why do the good outcomes of peace through diplomacy get only a fraction of the coverage of the bad outcomes of war through hatred?

The quartet of government, business, labor and human rights groups forged the result by force of their "moral authority" as announced by the NPPC committee chair.

I like that term..."moral authority".

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Nobel peace prize 2015 to be awarded to the National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia [View all] rpannier Oct 2015 OP

Just heard on the radio here. BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #1

More: muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #2

"quartet’s decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake pampango Oct 2015 #3

That the emergent democracy was able to survive that attack is another reason the prize was so Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #5

Hail to the peacemakers.....7 Recs. is not what it appears...the world is with them not the war Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #4

Sorry I duplicated this. I looked before putting it up, but guess I didn't look hard enough. ancianita Oct 2015 #6