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CTyankee

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10. Oh, but she has expanded the meaning of the criteria...why are you splitting hairs

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 07:36 PM

Oct 2014

when the essence is what is important? Do you not see that women's rights and promotion of peace are inextricably linked? Perhaps the original Peace Prize description is from another time, when women were not considered in the original definition of the Nobel Peace Prize. Why are you stuck in the past? That was a different world. Today, we have strong women leaders and now this young girl. What doesn't fit into the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize with Malala?

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Don’t Reduce Malala Yousafzai to a Cuddly Caricature of the “Bravest Girl in the World” [View all] Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 OP

very good read Enrique Oct 2014 #1

They are trying to turn her into a cuddly caricature because she's a pretty young woman. Warpy Oct 2014 #2

Thanks! And I saw the Jon Stewart interview... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #3

Malala: I Feel ‘More Powerful’ After Nobel Win big_dog Oct 2014 #4

Thanks for posting this! And she's incredibly articulate even in another language! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #5

kick, rec. big time. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #6

The criteria of the prize seem to have been lost JayhawkSD Oct 2014 #7

"fraternity between nations" is a wide category muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #8

A good point, and she told Obama that drone strikes promote terrorism JayhawkSD Oct 2014 #9

Oh, but she has expanded the meaning of the criteria...why are you splitting hairs CTyankee Oct 2014 #10