tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post7676310417622960348..comments2024-03-11T16:31:14.472+01:00Comments on Notes & Quotes: AwardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-53143519589589724662010-04-22T05:46:16.012+02:002010-04-22T05:46:16.012+02:00At least, awards are not like assholes. They'd...At least, awards are not like assholes. They'd lost their distinction a long time ago.Achim "Chef Keem" Thiemermannhttp://kitchen.chefkeem.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-22479431310540397192010-04-22T14:47:48.127+02:002010-04-22T14:47:48.127+02:00One should start on wikipedia a "List of who ...One should start on wikipedia a "List of who refused the Nobel Prize" (Sartre...) and a "List of who could not retrieve the Nobel Prize" (Ossietzky, Pasternak...). Maybe these lists are already existing.<br><br>Edward Luttwak, shortly after Obama had received the Nobel Peace Prize, wrote an excellent article on the comittee which decides who gets the Nobel Prizes. A profile of who is sitting in there, what their story is etc. But this article was published only in italian unfortunatly. Luttwak as a young boy lived in Palermo for some time after WW2. Why know we about this sanctum even less than about the Vatican?epitimaioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15946130178480522700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-47470160260335350142010-04-22T19:07:03.665+02:002010-04-22T19:07:03.665+02:00@epitimaiosRef. sanctumThe sanctum of the Nobel Pr...@epitimaios<br>Ref. sanctum<br><br>The sanctum of the Nobel Prize Committee doesn´t affect our life not as deeply as the Vatican does. Observing the Catholic Church you may have the view of a half-full glass, filled with goods and bads. In contrast the Nobel Committee is nothing, is less than an empty multi-trip bottle. <br>Apart from that, my opinion is, that we really don´t know nothing about the Vatican inside. Sometimes the window opens, and then we have a horrible view. Then it is our decision either to judge this impression as a single exception or as part of hidden normality. <br><br>In our world absolutistic organizations don´t live forever. “Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben” (?who comes late will be punished by the cours of life?). Maybe, and I honestly fear, that this doesn´t only apply to bishop Mixa.csnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-55840582596650066732010-04-22T22:20:58.201+02:002010-04-22T22:20:58.201+02:00The show is exciting and we have to get back to ou...The show is exciting and we have to get back to our seats now. In 4 minutes the show will go on. Cheers!epitimaioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15946130178480522700noreply@blogger.com