No doubt. The internet is a passive tool; it's the people and organizations using it for good who should be winning prizes. The Nobel Peace Prize should be less nebulous, and for concrete achievement. (Edited for grammar.)
But, I want my 0.0013 of an SEK.
Kissinger, Arafat, a newly-inaugurated president who justified the wars he was continuing in his acceptance speech, and now a communications medium.
Retire the Peace Prize. They clearly have no idea what to do with it.
The Nobel Peace Prize can serve a very real purpose; it can highlight someone working peacefully to overthrow an authoritarian regime. It can give those advocating for an improvement of the human condition a voice, international standing, a modicum of protection from government violence, and resources.
Using the Peace Prize (and the Economics Prize, for that matter) as a way to deliver short-sited political digs or kudos to one group or another is farcical. It should go to people who are on the ground, working right now, to make the world a better place.
I hadn't noticed that the world is different due to the internet.
