Come on, give me a break. The Nobel Peace Prize as a form of 'encouragement'. When I received the "Encouragement Award" for Under12B's rugby, I knew the award meant "you tried really hard but didn't really do anything amazing". Given there was no C team to be dropped to, I guess they were left with no choice but to encourage the guys who weren't stars.
The lack of any particular rigour around the criteria to receive the Nobel Peace Prize makes the decision each year a bit arbitrary. Christopher Hitchens gets stuck right in for his Newsweek article this week. Not that I have much time for that goose who can write well but on this occasion he makes a good argument that this is a virtual prize, given Obama hasn't actually achieved anything.
I'm in that camp. The award to Obama is a mistake. It's damaged the Nobel brand. Alfred would be turning in his dynamite crater.
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C'mon Cobber - comparing Obama's Nobel Prize to your Under 12-B Rugby Encouragement Award is insulting to Under 12-B rugby players who tried really hard. Obama wouldn't last 2 minutes on the pitch with you and your mates. Perhaps the voters were swayed by the fact that he and Oprah got Chicago the Olympics in 2016... No wait...
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