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Originally Posted by dannic  The place that I work at has a department working day in and day out for a cure for cancer... Does that mean that we should all recieve the nobel peace prize?? |
Uh, no. Finding a cure for cancer is a great goal, but has nothing to do with world peace. Maybe you could win a Nobel prize in Medicine,.
The Nobel Peace Prize has nothing to do with being noble either. The guy whose money funds the prize was named Alfred Nobel.
What I've heard regarding why it was given to Obama isn't so much because of what he's accomplished, but to send a message. They also gave it to Jimmy Carter. Rumor has it that one was also given to send a "Here's an award for not being a Bush" message.