Obama has won a Nobel

[Little32]

@Phil

Well, my statement was not about Obama. The Nobel Foundation is a private foundation that has specific criteria that it uses to select the folks that will be awarded a prize in any given year. The folks designated to vote answer only to their collective interpretation of that criteria. By virtue of the fact that they have selected Obama to receive the award, he deserves it.

It is, in a lot of ways, akin to sorority or fraternity membership. It's like someone telling you that a Delta, who you voted into the organization, does not deserve to be a Delta. What would your response be? I am sure that it would be something like, who are you--an outsider--to tell me--a member--who deserves to be voted into my organization.

[Kappamd]

Originally Posted by Little32

@Phil

Well, my statement was not about Obama. The Nobel Foundation is a private foundation that has specific criteria that it uses to select the folks that will be awarded a prize in any given year. The folks designated to vote answer only to their collective interpretation of that criteria. By virtue of the fact that they have selected Obama to receive the award, he deserves it.

It is, in a lot of ways, akin to sorority or fraternity membership. It's like someone telling you that a Delta, who you voted into the organization, does not deserve to be a Delta. What would your response be? I am sure that it would be something like, who are you--an outsider--to tell me--a member--who deserves to be voted into my organization.

That's a stretch.

[DrPhil]

Little32 is confusing the belief that Obama doesn't deserve the award with the belief that the Nobel Foundation's doesn't have the ability to award it to him based on their criteria.

Obviously they can and they did. Everyone doesn't have to think it's well deserved. The same goes for nonDeltas' opinions on who becomes a Delta. I certainly have opinions on the worthiness of some people who joined other GLOs.

We all know that organizational criteria are sometimes stretched and bypassed when possible, and interpretations of the criteria can be adjusted to suit a purpose, so there's no surprise there.

[Little32]

I am not confused. But ok.

[DrPhil]

Then you can get over the fact that not everyone thinks Obama deserves it.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Little32

@Phil

Well, my statement was not about Obama. The Nobel Foundation is a private foundation that has specific criteria that it uses to select the folks that will be awarded a prize in any given year. The folks designated to vote answer only to their collective interpretation of that criteria. By virtue of the fact that they have selected Obama to receive the award, he deserves it.

It is, in a lot of ways, akin to sorority or fraternity membership. It's like someone telling you that a Delta, who you voted into the organization, does not deserve to be a Delta. What would your response be? I am sure that it would be something like, who are you--an outsider--to tell me--a member--who deserves to be voted into my organization.

WE ARE NOT QUESTIONING HIS RECEIPT OF THE AWARD BECAUSE HE IS BLACK.