According to a rumor that has been circulating, Al Gore is being considered for the Nobel Peace Prize because of his film "An Inconvenient Truth." This rumor could be just that, a rumor, but popular opinion says it's true. You know, it wouldn't surprise me if he did win, especially considering the committee's past history of controversial decisions. Still, just in case anyone has any doubts whatsoever about Gore's eligibility for the prize, let me explain why he shouldn't get it.
1. If a documentary is going to help you win the Nobel Peace Prize, shouldn't that documentary actually be true? It is clear to anyone who knows the facts, that Gore's movie is full of factual errors or flat out lies.
2. Even if his documentary was true, what does talking about global warming have to do with peace? I mean, I can understand an environmentalist award of some kind, but the Nobel Peace Prize?
3. If he does win the Nobel Prize, this will just encourage the left-wing fanatics who want him to run for president, and Lord knows that we don't need another round of recounts when he loses again.
4. If the Norwegian Nobel Committee starts handing out the prizes as political favors instead of on the basis of merit, they will render themselves irrelevant. I know this sounds like an over-reaction, but remember what happened to the Oscars? They Hollywood liberals started handing them out to their political friends, regardless of how good the movies were, and before long, it got to the point where nobody cared anymore. This would be a sad thing to happen to one of the world's most prestigious awards.
Once again, this rumor may just be a rumor, and, for the sake of everyone involved, I hope it is, but with the way our world's been going, it's probably true. Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his documentary would be yet another example of fantasy replacing fact, and I hope that his horrible perversion of truth doesn't win him this hallowed award.
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