Yaser Arafat the terrorist and Koffi Annan the scoundrel got a Nobel Prize for peace. Gandhi did not! What does that tell you about Nobel Prize?
2006-06-29 03:53:23 · 10 answers · asked by dude 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
I think it's a joke. All the Nobel Prizes are jokes.
2006-06-29 03:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by irishharpist 4 · 4⤊ 5⤋
I like the Nobel prizes, all except for the one in economics. Alfred Nobel was a great man who left a great legacy for humanity.
The economics prize was foisted onto the committee by fat cat capitalists hoping that their dreary art would gain some of the credibility of the hard sciences.
We can't blame Nobel for what it has become, a bargaining chip for political negotiations. Nelson Mandela split the prize with DeKlerk but who actually deserved it ? Gandhi deserved it but I doubt the British would have liked it. People are never truly appreciated in their lifetimes.
2006-06-29 04:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jack D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The engineers should be given the opportunity to win the Nobel Prize too.
2006-06-29 03:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by LOILOU T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a bomb! No, what i mean is that it explodes right in our face. lol. Personally, i like the idea or its concept of giving due recognition to those that trully chnges the lives of many. However, what i dont like is the choosing part. It seems that this award is reserved for the rich and famous only or for the elitists. Well, there are a number (few) who came from Africa and Asia but the majority came from the 1st world countries. Sound bias right? Well, this is just an opinion, though. :-D
2006-06-29 04:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by cernad06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny, I never think of it as a Peace Prize, but a science prize.
I dreamed of receiving one as a girl. While it's not too late, I think I may have blown it by not starting college until I was 50.
I think it's a wonderful thing, actually. There is a process by which they choose the recipients and, being human, they may miss the mark, or their choices may not meet with popular acclaim, but it's one hell of a goal to shoot for.
2006-06-29 05:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by LazlaHollyfeld 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tells me that hindsight is 20/20 vision....Also, that if you're going to make a fortune inventing dynamite, and think endowing a prize will redeem you, it may not always work out that way...
2006-06-29 03:59:40 · answer #6 · answered by zeebaneighba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first award was given to the man who invented the door knocker................ (the No bell Prize).............
Seriously though, Alfred Nobel made all his money from his invention of Gelignite. He left a trust from which the awards come......................
2006-06-29 03:56:10 · answer #7 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think anything which stimulates thought is a prize, lol
2006-06-29 04:05:11 · answer #8 · answered by coolbeansnyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm... give me one and I'll let ya know if it's all it's cracked up to be...
2006-06-29 04:29:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not all that
2006-06-29 03:55:17 · answer #10 · answered by perry-patricia@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋