China's Influence Widens Nobel Peace Prize Boycott 360
c0lo writes "Not only did China decline to attend the upcoming Nobel peace prize ceremony, but urged diplomats in Oslo to stay away from the event warning of 'consequences' if they go. Possibly as a result of this (or on their own decisions), 18 other countries turned down the invitation: Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco. Reuters seems to think the 'consequences' are of an economic nature, pointing out that half of the countries with economies that gained global influence during recent times are boycotting the ceremony (with Brazil and India still attending)."
And boycotting Slashdot (Score:0, Funny)
...for their slow, klunky Web 2.0 interfacial.
Re:Creating own award (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder what Confucius would think of this. Ignoring pleas of the people isn't exactly the kind of things he advocated.
Do you know how Confusion society treated women?!? They were only slightly better off than women in the strictest Islamic societies.
Re:Creating own award (Score:5, Funny)
Do you know how Confusion society treated women?
I don't quite.. umm. Hrm. What do you... Huh. I think you're confused.