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venerdì, ottobre 17, 2003
Nobel per la Libertà. Perchè il Nobel per la Pace dovrebbe cambiare nome. Sottoscriviamo dalla prima all’ultima riga.
What concerns me is the belief common among many that "peace" is or should be our ultimate goal. Certainly, peace is preferable to war, but only when it is a just or honorable peace. A peace that is defined not merely by the absence of war, but rather by a fundamental respect for the right of people to live free of oppression. Unfortunately, the award of a "Peace Prize" to people like Andrei Sakharov, Lech Walesa, Aung San Suu Kyi and Shirin Ebadi serves to disguise the fact that the fight each of these historic and great individuals devoted their lives to was anything but "peaceful." The Nobel laureates were not interested in "peace." They were -- and are -- interested in bringing about fundamental change that results in an increase in human liberty. Sakharov and Walesa faced the continuing threat that their movements would be crushed by Communist totalitarianism. Aung San Suu Kyi continues to contend with the dreaded possibility that her supporters could find themselves imprisoned or killed. Shirin Ebadi has already gone to prison for her beliefs, as have many of her fellow reformers. Many others have been killed for their opposition to the totalitarian Islamic regime. Perhaps the Nobel committee should begin awarding deserving individuals with the "Nobel Freedom Prize." Such individuals may have engaged in acts that were not "peaceful," but did lay the groundwork for an increase in human liberty. In his famous literary work La Vita Nuova, the poet Dante Alighieri tells us nomina sunt consequentia rerum ("names are the consequence of things"). Naming and awarding a Nobel Freedom Prize would demonstrate that however important peace is, it is far better to live free in conflict, than to suffer an unjust peace. However onerous conflict may be, it is preferable to any "peace" that only serves to shackle and crush fundamental human aspirations. After all, a "peace" that disregards issues of human freedom and liberty is only a peace of the grave. |
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