Three women who fought sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize today. This is not really news -- the prizes were announced some time ago -- but the awards were still gratifying.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen collected their Nobel diplomas and medals at Oslo's City Hall.
At a time where women's rights are under siege -- where increasing numbers of nations forbid women from taking full roles in society -- where even here in Canada warped concepts of 'honour' are used to justify violence and murder -- these awards are particularly appropriate.
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*_Ineptocracy_****(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least
capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded
with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number
of producers*
Hey Morton, doesn't this sound exactly like all your powerful friends in power?
It fits better than any glove you could ever buy.
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