resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPresident Trump accepts Nixon foundation's Architect of Peace Awardwww.upi.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkPresident Trump accepts Nixon foundation's Architect of Peace Awardwww.upi.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoTo be fair, Nobel peace prizes come from the legacy of the guy who invented military explosives.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAlfred invented dynamite and was horrified at the military applications so he created the Peace Prize.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago“Dynamite is meant for peaceful applications, Master Bruce.”
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agohe invented explosives primarily used in mining.
To be fair, Nobel peace prizes come from the legacy of the guy who invented military explosives.
Alfred invented dynamite and was horrified at the military applications so he created the Peace Prize.
“Dynamite is meant for peaceful applications, Master Bruce.”
he invented explosives primarily used in mining.