MANNAM
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This blog will save my memory with MANNAM.
As one of MANNAM members (MANNAMERs), I will post about my life with MANNAM.
Do
you know Nobel Peace Prize?
Every
year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics,
chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is
an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm,
Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each
prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award. (from www.nobelprize.org)
The
thing that I want to point out is Nobel Peace Prize. Actually Nobel is an
inventor of dynamite and he earned a fortune by running corporation. What is
dynamite? It is a bomb. Really effective bomb. Using the dynamite people
invented nuclear weapon and using the nuclear weapon, people killed countless
people. Don’t you think that it is a little bit strange? Some people say that because
Nobel felt sorry for the invention of dynamite (because it became the murder
weapon), he donated his all fortune and make the foundation. How can the
inventor of dynamite can be the founder of the ‘Peace prize’? It is nonsense. It
is funny to me.
“The said interest shall be divided into five equal
parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person
who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations,
the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion
of peace congresses.”
(Excerpt from the will of
Alfred Nobel)
The first winners of the Nobel
Peace Prize were Henry Dunant the founder of Red Cross and Frederic Passy, a
leading international pacifist of the time. Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded
to a person or organization that effort for the peace movement, and who work
for human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control. 5
people who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting (Parliament of Norway), Oslo,
Norway will choose the awarder.
I don’t know the intention of
him (Nobel) to make Nobel Prize, but one thing that I have to admit is that
people are to think about the peace one more time. For example, when the
president Kim Dae-Jung awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2000, we Korean were to
think about the meaning of the peace. I think it is really good. In anyway,
making people think about peace is nice! Sadly, in Korea there is only one
person (Kim Dae-Jung) who awarded Nobel Peace Prize. In my opinion, there are
many people or organization in Korea who are entitled to get a Nobel Peace
Prize. Like MANNAM! MANNAM can be a strong candidate of the Nobel Peace Prize
although many people want to ignore MANNAM. Because light can’t be hidden, I
believe that someday everybody will know about MANNAM and will want to join the
MANNAM. And I will be a great person who makes people think about MANNAM in
good way by blogging :P
I hope many people have an
interest in Nobel Peace Prize and think about the peace one more time. Every
single thought come together and make the big thought like mosaic. Each unit
may be looked like very small, but if the units gather together then they can
be a big power! I hope MANNAM can be a medium for the big peace!
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