Oct 102014
I’ve not got a problem with Malala Yousafzai winning some sort of prize – she deserves to. But a peace prize?
Campaigning for women’s education is hardly likely to lead to peace – the neanderthals that oppose women’s education aren’t likely to take being opposed peacefully. And I’m aware that comparing Islamic fundamentalists to Neanderthals is vastly insulting. To the Neanderthals.
But Malala is saying something that needs saying. Espousing truth as it were.
The trouble is the title of the prize: The Nobel Peace Prize. It’s often awarded for actions that do not promote peace, but for more general humanitarian accomplishments. Perhaps it should be renamed to the Nobel Humanitarian Prize or even the Nobel Truth Prize?