13 October, 2012

Peace Prize Puts a New Definition on Peace

In the presence of the King of Norway in a sleepy little town called Oslo, population 600,000 the estate of Alfred Nobel gave the European Union the Noble Peace prize. How strange, I thought, if a whole continent gets a reward who will accept it and how will they divvy up the prize money.

Actually I am not most concerned for the money, but even more so how the hell did this come to be?

I have to work this out mathematically.

Lets see:

There is almost a civil war in Spain and Greece, Germany’s chancellors is referred to as the lady Hitler by most of the European press, and France is considered the next scary facists state in Europe. Riots in Britain… huh…. my addition skills aren’t that good I guess…. I can’t solve for X.

Who’s going to pick up the award, is my next question.

So as far as I think sending a national leader is out though the Duetsch love it and are taking full credit for it, just like they did with the Pope.

Everyone hates the French so that makes them ineligible.

Alfred Nobel's last will testimony states the prize shall be given the person, group, governmental body economic system that has done work to form a unity between nations, people and “stuff” with the reduction of standing armies and maintain “peace.” Norway is not a member state of the European Union so there was no insider trading here or any need to toot its own horn.

I do find it funny though that the reduction of violence has been accomplished by individual city police forces willing to bully club or mace it populace into dispersing instead of rioting.

Cracked skull and a runny nose aren’t deaths so in essence violence in diminished. Of course with all the disharmony in the EU there probably won’t be another Hitler or Napoleon rampaging across the land killing at will. Or at least we can hope not.

Maybe a police officer from each country should go accept the reward. The indiudal departments have held it together with legit unemployment numbers near 30% across Europe. Their solid police state will be the only way to continue to keep this tenuous peace.

I feel like singing "Kumbayah, for somereason"

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