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10-10-2009, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by samurai007 View Post
If, as was said before, there were 205 nominees in all, I can pretty confidently say there were 204 more deserving possible recipients that were snubbed.
Unless you know the names of all the individuals and organizations nominated, I doubt you really think this statement is true.

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True, the prize itself has been utterly worthless since Carter, Arafat, and Gore won it. But the $1.4 million that goes with it could have helped a lot more people if it had gone to someone truly worthy, that would use it to help people. And that's a shame.
Just because you don't respect the award winners doesn't mean the prize is "totally worthless".
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