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Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

by michaeltimo on 10/6/23, 10:03 AM with 242 comments

• by Gud on 10/6/23, 2:24 PM

  Well deserved. Iran has so much potential. It's extremely sad how a small group of extremists holds the entire country hostage.

• by archon1410 on 10/6/23, 10:48 AM

  I feel the Nobel prize was less for fighting for women's rights, and more for fighting against an anti-American, anti-Western government. For some reason, I don't see the award ever going to a rights activist fighting against the Saudi, Pakistani, or any other American-allied regimes. I of course don't ever see it going to someone fighting against the American regime itself, and its mass surveillance and war crimes, such as Edward Snowden or Julian Assange, or Chelsea Manning.

• by binarymax on 10/6/23, 2:08 PM

  It would be nice if instead of everyone hating on the prize, we could take a moment and reflect. Think of what this woman and many other women trapped in these regimes are going through, the sacrifices they've made, and the bravery they show to try to make things better.

  Think the prize is politicized and corrupt? Whatever - it's not about you or your opinion.

• by A_D_E_P_T on 10/6/23, 10:31 AM

  The prize is supposedly awarded to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

  Hmmm. Well. I don't quite see how formenting revolution fits the bill, but the Peace Prize has been very strange of late in general.

  By its own lights, I don't see a single person or entity who would deserve the prize this mad year. Maybe there's some ethicist somewhere...

• by daft_pink on 10/6/23, 1:46 PM

  Too bad they've lost all their credibility with their previous awards.