He was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Can someone explain the logic behind this?
In Nobel's will it is said:
> one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best
> work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction
> of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace
> congresses
If Manning/Wikileaks did anything of this nature, I missed it a big way :(
The nomination process is very open and hundreds of nominations are sent in every year, most of them by people who want to make some political point. There are no formal requirements that nominees actually have to have done anything to deserve the prize.
Not that I disagree with your assessment as such, but the peace prize as been award to institutions and organizations lots of times. So in and of itself there is nothing strange or unusual about the EU getting the prize.
One could argue that a removal of secrecy and a trend towards transparency are major forces on the road towards a more peaceful world. One could of course also argue the opposite point.
Either way he took a major personal risk and stepped up for what he thought was the right thing to do. Even if you don't agree with what that thing is it is already a pretty good indicator to get by the "first round" imo
It's basically a PR price for political gamesmanship anyways (imo)
• Members of national assemblies and governments of states
• Members of international courts
• University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
• Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Board members of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after February 1)
• Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Finding someone in one of those categories who is willing to nominate any given person isn't very hard. Especially someone like Manning who has substantial sympathy from a lot of people and where it's down to finding someone in one of these categories willing to nominate him either as a sign of support or as a big "fuck you" to the US.
Pretty sure anyone can be nominated for a Nobel prize. Simple nomination does not mean that the Nobel committee are taking that person under serious consideration.
