Eddie Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A Swedish sociology professor has nominated Eddie Snowden, the fugitive spy formerly employed as a contractor for the NSA, currently waiting tables at Sbarro’s in the Moscow airport, for a Nobel Peace Prize because of his “heroic effort at great personal cost.” Yeah, heroic, that’s what it was. It’s also heroic to hide out in Russia without accepting the consequences of his actions like he said that he willing to do. But wait, the nomination letter gets better. From Russia TV;
“This example is important because since the Nuremberg trials in 1945 has been clear that the slogan ‘I was just following orders’ is never claimed as an excuse for acts contrary to human rights and freedoms,” Professor [Stefan] Svallfors wrote.
He emphasized that the decision to award the 2013 prize to Edward Snowden would also “help to save the Nobel Peace Prize from the disrepute incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision to award US President Barack Obama 2009 award.”
Yeah, because there was no “disrepute” before that, like presenting the award to Yassar Arafat, possibly the bloodiest terrorist of the 20th century. I’m not defending the totally ridiculous notion that President Obama deserved a Nobel Prize, but still, I think it’s funny that those scandis think their pathetic award is worth something salvageable.
Yeah, go ahead give it to him, it’ll prove that to win the award all you have to do is thumb your nose at the United States. By the way, I’m also aware that any Joe off the street can nominate anyone they want for the prize, but still….
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
so if he wins, this puts him in the same group as jimmy carter, al gore, Mikhail Gorbachev, UN peace keeping forces (shortly before they watch and allowed the srebenica massacre with out lifting a weapon) hey, if he gets time man of the year to go with it, he will be lumped in with hitler and mousilini too!
This story is incorrect.
The real story is: Ed Snowden will receive a Noble Police Prize by the first US LEO who has the privilege to arrest him. Bronze Award – slip and fall during booking. Silver Award – hot coffee in groin during interview. And the coveted Gold Award – face plant into concrete sidewalk while cuffed.
Apparently, these days all you have to be is a flaming left-wing myrmidon that’s currently famous in order to be nominated or awarded a Nobel Prize. IMHO, the Nobel Foundation outed themselves as political hacks when they gave the Peace Prize to Al Gore Jr. in 2007!
Thus proving once again why sociology is one of the most worthless fields to earn your degree in.
For a while, the main criterion for the Nobel Peace Prize, and most of the prizes outside of the hard sciences, was opposition to George W. Bush.
The Nobel Prize for anything is as prestigious as shit in your milkshake.
Breanna will be SO jealous…
Why is this any sillier than Barack obama winning? Jeez — I think I’m going to do like Raymond Burr and buy my own island and form my own government!
Further proof that all Euros are good for is chewing the corn out of my toilet trouts.
As long as the WW II era has been invoked, I’ll go ahead and liken this nomination to Time magazines January 2, 1939 issue. It featured Time’s Man of the Year for 1938: Adolph Hitler.
A peace prize named in honor of a man whose inventions probably led to more deaths than the plague tells you something is amiss.
@ NH … OUTSTANDING!
Air cav, didnt i already say that?
I have mixed feelings about Snowden, but not the travesty surrounding The Nobel Peace Prize.
This award lost all credibility decades ago. It’s time we just start to ignore it entirely.
Snowden won’t be hanged for his “heroism”, he will be hung for his treason. If he wins the prize the government should attach his winnings and confiscate the medal and melt it down for its gold content.
Sorry, Snowden won’t win it. It’ll be Trayvon’s parents, for heading off the riots that should have ensued after that racist, Zimmerman(who the FBI investigated and said that there was no racial element to the incident) was exonerated by the other racists on the jury.
@5 I will agree that the Peace Prize has become a bad joke, but the Nobel for the hard sciences requires documented and peer-reviewed contributions to their professions. You don’t get the Nobel Prize for Chemistry by having a big smile and deep pockets. There are no prerequisites for the peace prize. You don’t even need a pulse. And as others have stated, the only thing recent awardees have needed was not being George Bush. If you think it’s a travesty for Gore and Obama winning just for showing up, take a look at the other candidates they beat out. It’ll break your heart.
Even I could make a better argument for Snowden winning than Obama! Not that it is a good idea, but still.
@NH: That’s totally unwarranted. Have you forgot about ABBA already?
I second the nomination. Lately, the Nobel Peace Price has been awarded to recognize people who have made mediocre (at best) contributions to humanity, or otherwise none at all.
It’s a joke – just like the recipients are.
I nominate myself then. You know why?
1. I don’t bother anyone.
2. I mind my own business.
3. I never started any wars or even a fistfight.
So give me some support! Because if I win, it will make hippies cry!
@11–Master Chief–I’ve already put my Navy technical training to good use and made a decent living at doing so, now I figured it was just a matter of putting to good use the social skills I was taught by oh-so-many Chiefs.
PC? Fuck no. Appropriate and necessary? Yeah, pretty much. It’s up to us Cat I’s to find the proper vocabulary to say the same thing to the kinder/gentler folk lest they run to HR in a snit.
And knowing when to tell the shitbags to go blow donkeys for a nickel a herd until they get a little self respect back.
@19–jonp–nope. And I’ve never forgiven them for it either. Throw in Ace of Base and you’ve got a great case for nuking the fuckers until they’re a race of blue-haired blonde-eyed three titted wonders.
Frankly, the Swedes ain’t got shit on a hot young Aussie volleyball player in a bikini.
>”…formerly employed as a contractor for the NASA…”<
No way.
Change one: Formerly employed as a contractor for NSA.
I'd sign in as ghpNASA, but you've already got a forum member who uses NASA as part of his call sign.
–ghp95134
At least he will have an accomplishment other than being born, that can be talked about to make him appear worthy of the prize.
Thanks for the fast correction.
–ghp95134