Several Swedish lawmakers said Friday they will boycott this year's Nobel Prize ceremonies after the private foundation that administers the prestigious awards changed its policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran who had previously been barred from attending.

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[–] 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    I suspect there must have been some kind of coup in the Nobel leadership. They also invited Swedens far right party leader despite Banning him for over a decade. That on its own hands the far right in Sweden such an optical win that I can only assume it is malicious. As a Swede I am so fucking disappointed in them.

    Edit: coup, not cue. I don't write words good.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm sorry to break this to you guys, but the Nobel peace prize looooves war criminals. They gave one to Henry Kissinger ffs.

    That said this does change my view of the NPP, I always thought they were sycophantic poll chasers who only gave awards to people with good enough PR to hide what monsters they are. Somehow they've now aligned themselves with moustache-twirling evil instead of the nonchalant kind.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    One of the prizes is for peace... Everyone should be allowed in the interest of peace. Even if the invitees haven't been very peaceful.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Everyone should be allowed.. except countries currently actively invading one. Or currently enaged in warfare in general.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think it's fine to invite them so long as they don't get any awards. Keeping an open dialogue is important in any conflict

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Eeehh the recipients haven't been very peaceful, really, and the novel peace Prize is a joke if you ask me.

    Obama got one whilst his drones were bombing civilians.

    Mother Theresa got one whilst being known to be a monster

    Didn't henry kissit get one too?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    The NPP is awarded in Norway, not Sweden. Considering that the prize has been awarded to various Russian dissidents and Belarussian/Russian oppositional groups the past few years - and that Russia declared the 2021 winner a foreign agent, I'd say it's safe to assume no one from the their official governments will attend anytime soon.

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  • I mean maybe to export them afterwards to The Hague Court?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I doubt they invited 130M people + few millions more. Who was invited?

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  • [+] -20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Pay attention, these are the countries, the corporations, and the people who worked with the Nazis while they were incinerating Jews, you know .... to try to get them on side. Cowards, and villains, all.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just to be clear, Sweden harbored Jews during WWII and is the main reason why occupied Denmark had a much lower rate of killed than other occupied countries.

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  • [+] -15 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Sweden like Ukraine joined the Nazi Party in WW2 and mass murdered many many innocent people. Stop defending Nazis

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    We armed and trained the Norwegian resistance, and fought the nazis in Norway while harboring their king in a Swedish safehouse. Once control of the country was achieved the Norwegian king was swiftly returned to power. Basically every allied ship and base was equipped with swedish bofors anti air guns. During the early war while the soviets and hitler were allies, volunteers from the swedish military assisted the fins during the winter war while massive donations of military hardware was delivered. Totaling about 50 million bullets, 135.000 rifles, 800 machineguns, 144 field guns, 100 anti-aircraft guns, 92 anti-tank guns, wit in total 30.000 shells, 17 fighters, 6 bombers.

    To top it all off, we were also a safeheaven for Danish and norwegian Jews that ran from the Germans. We hid and protected almost every jew in entire Denmark, and about half of all the Jews in Norway.

    But yes, continue lecturing us about how wrong you are.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What the fk are you talking about?

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • [+] -28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So NATO shills don't want peace. Nothing strange about that, NATO is a genocidal alliance dedicated to mass murder

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