Twitter founders should get the Nobel Peace Prize

pj | karma 3145 | avg karma 4.36 · 2009-06-23 01:10:56+00:00

The funny thing about this issue is that if you are a vendor of products for sale, you are not allowed to sell your wares in Iran, yet the united states govt is more than happy to let twitter help them stage a revolt.

dugmartin | karma 3682 | avg karma 3.5 · 2009-06-23 02:42:25+00:00

I guess its a good thing they don't have a business model.

kragen | karma 31428 | avg karma 2.09 · 2009-06-23 03:05:44+00:00

Did the IEEE ever reinstate its Iranian members and start accepting papers from them again?

TriinT | karma 3807 | avg karma 5.12 · 2009-06-23 01:41:32+00:00

Sure. Why not? After all, Kissinger, Arafat and Gore have won the Nobel Peace prize. The prize does not mean anything, and it's awarded solely for political reasons. The "good" Nobel prizes go to physicists, chemists, biochemists and medical doctors.

apu | karma 4093 | avg karma 5.21 · 2009-06-23 03:09:34+00:00

I wish I could give you an additional upvote for leaving out (intentionally?) economists from your list.

BrentRitterbeck | karma 851 | avg karma 2.93 · 2009-06-22 23:36:28

The economics prize is not a Nobel prize.

TriinT | karma 3807 | avg karma 5.12 · 2009-06-23 05:12:02+00:00

The economics prize is called the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Like you said, it's not a Nobel prize.

rms | karma 22600 | avg karma 3.32 · 2009-06-22 21:04:22

Well they'll probably get nominated now. Remember that a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize doesn't mean much.

buugs | karma 591 | avg karma 1.68 · 2009-06-23 03:02:13+00:00

How about not... their network should have been spread far enough that it shouldn't have gone down.

Accidentally or Scheduled.

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rrival | karma 712 | avg karma 1.7 · 2009-06-23 03:07:23+00:00

that would make my head explode

tdavis | karma 6243 | avg karma 5.09 · 2009-06-22 23:19:15

A small part of me wants to read what must be a profoundly ridiculous argument for this. Thankfully, I'm not that masochistic.

froo | karma 2557 | avg karma 2.44 · 2009-06-23 11:31:38+00:00

Let me get this straight... an Advisor to Bush - the president who started 2 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and was well on his way to a third. Who reopened gitmo to do unspeakable acts is talking about who should get the Nobel Peace Prize?

Does anyone else see the irony in this?

Not only that, but he thinks it should go to a web company.

What about the many organisations that have done ACTUAL good around the world? You know, the kind that do activities like feeding starving people, providing medical supplies, mediating intense situations.

As far as I can see, all twitter has actively done for the iranian elections was reschedule some downtime, since they would have been operating regardless - that's deserving of a peace prize?

I don't even know where to start on just how idiotic this actually is.

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