# Nobel Prize to Gore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 12, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447 "2007-10-12T09:06:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447/21 "2007-10-12T21:29:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Lance Murdoch]  
You shouldn’t put quote marks around faked quotes.  
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I am very sorry if my use of quote marks has offended you. I do not believe that anyone actually interpreted that as a direct quote from Mr Gore.

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447/22 "2007-10-12T23:24:19Z")

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Al Gore is my second most favoirte American politician, and as there is little chance of Ralph Nader ever winning a Nobel Peace Prize, I’m going to celebrate. Gore deserves recognition for his hard work to defend the planet, and while some may say that being chosen as President by the American voters is enough, I don’t see how this prize can hurt.

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447/23 "2007-10-12T23:41:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Crafter\_Man]  
Gore? :rolleyes: I now conclude the Nobel Peace Prize is a joke.  
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Don’t forget they gave it to Arafat, a great peace-loving humanitarian. That should give some idea of its value.

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**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447/24 "2007-10-13T03:43:26Z")

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[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff]  
Don’t forget they gave it to Arafat, a great peace-loving humanitarian. That should give some idea of its value.  
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Don’t forget? We were just reminded of it in post #16. Also, Mother Theresa didn’t deserve one. That was post #20 or so. Fun thread, pure class all the way.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prize-to-gore/422447/25 "2007-10-13T07:47:32Z")

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Nothing against Gore, but I think it would have made a stronger statement if they’d not handed out the award at all.

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