Sunday October 11, 2009, 6:31 am

Thank you so much for submitting this worthy petition -- one I would proudly sign and promote.

However, could you possibly post the English translation?

Thank you!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:34 am
Thanx Just Carole........amended as desired.
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize. Why?

These questions have been asked frequently: Was the horizon of the Norwegian Nobel Committee too narrow? Were the committee members unable to appreciate the struggle for freedom among non-European peoples?" Or were the Norwegian committee members perhaps afraid to make a prize award which might be detrimental to the relationship between their own country and Great Britain?

Gandhi was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, a few days before he was murdered in January 1948. The omission has been publicly regretted by later members of the Nobel Committee; when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi". However, the committee has never commented on the speculations as to why Gandhi was not awarded the prize, and until recently the sources which might shed some light on the matter were unavailable.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:51 am

Thank YOU, dear Naresh.

Signed and sent to friends!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:54 am
Thank you for signing the petition "No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan"

Raise awareness and increase your impact by inviting your friends to take action.

Big Gorilly Hugs

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:55 am
I see you guys noting but there areonly 3 signatures sitting on this??? You gotta sign....

Big gOirlly Hugs

Sunday October 11, 2009, 9:15 am
 
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION:
 
No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi
 

Sunday October 11, 2009, 9:19 am
i member on there, and it only taking us, i noted & posted on facebook, later

Sunday October 11, 2009, 9:50 am
noted & signed

Sunday October 11, 2009, 10:12 am
Of course I signed! Just goes to show that the Nobel Peace Prize process is an absolute sham. If anyone was ever deserving of a prize such as this it was Mahatma Gandhi. He did not talk about what he was going to do - he actually did it, and he did it without a nuclear arsenal....

This is a very, very important petition and I will forward it to my friend's list. Thank you Just C for the forward, and thank you to the brave man who created this petition. Should put the cat among the pigeons, for sure!
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Thank you for signing the petition "No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan"

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:01 am
Petition signed.

Mahatma Gandhi is very deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize.

TY, Sukanya K. _+ to "C" & Naresh.
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Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:03 am
I am honored to sign your petition for a man among men, Mahatma Gandhi. And I more then understand your reasoning. Bless your hearts! I will move this via Dare To Dream as well. Thank you dear lady's...Barbara/founder/dtdn www.DareToDreamNetwork.net

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:14 am
Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize. Why?

These questions have been asked frequently: Was the horizon of the Norwegian Nobel Committee too narrow? Were the committee members unable to appreciate the struggle for freedom among non-European peoples?" Or were the Norwegian committee members perhaps afraid to make a prize award which might be detrimental to the relationship between their own country and Great Britain?
Gandhi was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, a few days before he was murdered in January 1948. The omission has been publicly regretted by later members of the Nobel Committee; when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi". However, the committee has never commented on the speculations as to why Gandhi was not awarded the prize, and until recently the sources which might shed some light on the matter were unavailable.

Posthumous Nobel Peace Prizes
There is one posthumous Nobel Peace Prize, to Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961. From 1974, the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that a Prize cannot be awarded posthumously, unless death has occurred after the announcement of the Nobel Prize. Before 1974, the Nobel Prize was also awarded posthumously to Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Nobel Prize in Literature 1931).
I hope this makes it clear that even though I noted this story it?s pointless to sign the petition, unfortunatly it will never happen and Naresh Kadyan knows this.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:16 am
This certainly sounds reasonable, and I'm ready to sign. There's one piece of information missing, though, that I'd like to know first: What is the current rule/regulation that this petition demands be changed? To sign the petition, I'd really like to know what the current disputed rule is, and what it would be changed to read. With that answered, of course I'd sign--Gandhi not only was a formidable peace activist in his time, but his example continues to inspire and guide new activists more than 60 years after his death.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:16 am

Is it "pointless" to pursue justice, however seemingly unattainable, Arild?

I think NOT!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:19 am
Now this is a person Mahatma who deserve a Noble Peace Prize for his great statemanship and peaceful rule in the world largest democracy in the world.Where did the Noble committee went wrong? Ghandi has remained a unsung hero for world's peace.The world still awaits for this 'accolade 'for a great humanitarian!!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:26 am
Just Carole, I was only copying the statutes of The Nobel Comity allthough I also believe that Ghandi should have gotten the price that train left in 1974.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:26 am
 
"On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will, one part was dedicated to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
From:  Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:32 am
Signed & noted.

Ghandi is most deserving for his humblr perserverance
to make the world a better place.................

Plant trees for life.................

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:53 am
Signed and noted. Don't fancy our chances though; they don't seem to give it out to pacifists so much anymore.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:54 am
I attempted to sign this important petition twice, but not sure it actually took. Ghandi certainly deserves accolades for peace, humility, humanity and gentle greatness as a human being who cares deeply for the world and it's peacefullness. May he be blessed always.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:58 am

 
I believe I have found the answer to my own question in this "questionable" portion of the Nobel Statutes:
 

Statutes of the Nobel Foundation

"§ 10. No appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize.
 
Proposals received for the award of a prize, and investigations and opinions concerning the award of a prize, may not be divulged. Should divergent opinions have been expressed in connection with the decision of a prize-awarding body concerning the award of a prize, this may not be included in the record or otherwise divulged.
 
A prize-awarding body may, however, after due consideration in each individual case, permit access to material which formed the basis for the evaluation and decision concerning a prize, for purposes of research in intellectual history. Such permission may not, however, be granted until at least 50 years have elapsed after the date on which the decision in question was made."
 
[Alfred must be rolling in his grave.]
 
 

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:02 pm
Carole,Naresh, it's on it's way.. Thank you for this very important issue. It's quite amazing that Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel PEACE Prize. Mahatma gave up so much because he believed in unconditional peace..

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:06 pm
Can't sign because USA ONLY Petition - i'm NOT from there

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:34 pm
I can NOT believe this!
Noted and signed!
I sign even if they Noble Committee refuses to acknowledge such a petition.Because by signing it I acknowledge Mahatma Gandhi worth as a true hero for the people of not just India,but for us all.
Gandhi was a true gift from God one that the entire world needs to remember.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:41 pm
I find it unconceiveable that Ghandi hasn't been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize before. Of all people, he is certainly deserving of this honor. Much more so than President Obama.
Shirley H.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:44 pm

The soul of an activist lies in finding a "rule" abided by that, hypocritically, purports to represent good, but, in reality, belies truth and fairness . . . and CHALLENGING it.

This world would be a much sadder place if all just said, "Well, it's the law" and did not fight to make it just.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:45 pm
Not only should Ghandi have gotten the Nobel for his
quiet crusade for peace it would be wonderful if an
American indian someday get the Nobel prize.

Plant trees for life...................

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:47 pm

Bless your heart, B.M.!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:51 pm
that Nobel Peace Prize is gonna bite us all in the butt before this is over, and while we are at it, how about Naresh? another outstanding, no,*OUTSTANDING* human, so why not him? WHY NOT? such a deserving person, we have so many in our AR/HR world, oh, and you know we would all vote heartily :)
gackin up a hair ball over this world and it's hypocrisy.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:53 pm

Hear, hear!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:54 pm
How come the Nobel Peace Prize is recognized throughout the United Nations, yet the petition can only be signed by Americans?

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:56 pm

Laurie, that's an excellent question. Having never constructed a petition at Change.org, I am unsure of the criteria for signatures. However, I am perplexed myself as to how a petition could be constructed by a non-American, and yet, can only accept American signers.

Naresh, was this an oversight that can be corrected?

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:57 pm
Sending a Green Star is a simple way to say "Thank you"
You cannot currently send a star to Just because you have done so within the last week.

I will get gremlins in me e-mail if I dont make sure Just has her stars...LOL

Big gorilly Hugs

Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:59 pm

Now, now, Steph . . . I wouldn't do that. (Not now, at least -- the gremlins are exhausted from overwork. ROFLMAO.)

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:06 pm
Thank you for signing the petition "No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan"
Myke, you can sign it. The zip code for furriners like us is 00000.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:09 pm

Thanks, Eleanor . . . YOU are priceless!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:11 pm
Since when have the English been foreigners? :)

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:20 pm
Thank you for signing the petition "No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan"

Raise awareness and increase your impact by inviting your friends to take action.

THANK YOU MY DEAR NARESH!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:33 pm
Who is English? :-)

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:35 pm
OK thanks signed and forwarded!!!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:37 pm
War and Peace Prizes

By Howard Zinn

I was dismayed when I heard Barack Obama was given the Nobel peace prize. A shock, really, to think that a president carrying on two wars would be given a peace prize. Until I recalled that Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Henry Kissinger had all received Nobel peace prizes. The Nobel committee is famous for its superficial estimates, won over by rhetoric and by empty gestures, and ignoring blatant violations of world peace.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23690.htm

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:39 pm
Signed but of course he is well deserves. and true one maybe a Native American will have one good comment B.M. Thank *C*

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:40 pm
Hi Eleanor. Not me that's for sure. :) It's a comment an English friend came up with when he was was called a foreigner while we were travelling in India in the 60's; more accurately "Good God man, since when have the English been foreigners?"!!!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:57 pm
Me neither, John. Am Scottish as get out! Maybe your friend was being ironic?

Sunday October 11, 2009, 1:59 pm
The soul of an activist

Sunday October 11, 2009, 2:00 pm
Oh absolutely he was. "Here's tae us, wha's like us?"

Sunday October 11, 2009, 2:16 pm
Signed & noted.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 2:31 pm
Noted and signed....thank you.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 2:55 pm
signed, of course, whether it will help or not.
i always use the zip code 12345, so the poor americans don't get confused by my strange dutch zip code !

Sunday October 11, 2009, 3:58 pm


NB NB NB NB NB NB NB NB NB

Here is a tip to sign at change.org for non-USA citizens.

City = Houston
Zip = 77040
State = TX

Sunday October 11, 2009, 3:59 pm

And here is a link to the letter that Gandhi wrote to Hitler ! Despite his own troubles, he took the time to write to this monster - asking Hitler to stop the war. Thank you to Ge for sending me this link.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/09/for-sake-of-humanity_10.html

Sunday October 11, 2009, 4:39 pm

What I love most about the way this petition was graciously handled by my dear friend, Naresh, is that it illustrated -- without denigrating anyone else -- one of the most worthy recipients of this honor, who was rejected several times. Gandhi is the epitome of grace, selflessness, sacrifice and generosity. That is a FACT, recognized worldwide.

I don't think many of us ever questioned the method, or rules, or committee that decides who is "qualified" to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which we have all taken for granted is a "prestigious" award.

I, for one, now have my reservations as its real value. And, I thank Mr. Kadyan for enlightening me as the questionable origins of what we revere as "honors," and those who make the decisions as to those who they deem are worthy of them.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 4:47 pm
Ghandi greatness as a leader and as a giant among the human race have NOT yet been globally revealed.Bestowing him a Noble Peace prize will still not be adequate to show his 'Greatness'.The world still hope to have another Ghandi.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 5:08 pm
Thanks for posting this petition. I have also always thought he deserves this prize and much more.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 5:25 pm
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mohandas Gandhi

Sunday October 11, 2009, 5:34 pm
It is such a shame that petitions such as this work against themselves by asking for more than the main point. Ghandhi has been my hero all my life and I suspect he is the most honoured af any person in Care2 members' presonal pages. Of course he is the ultimate worker for peace and should have got the Nobel Prize. There is no point in creating embarrassment by asking the Nobel Prize committee to look at the reasons its predecessors in a less enlightened time did not award it to him. It is now an academic issue. I would love to sign a petition for a special honour to the man who taught millions of us that war is not the only way. Who would oppose that? Naresh, thank you for your work. Please rewrite your petition so it will succeed, to give Ghandiji a special honour. Leave history to the historians. It is a separate issue.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 5:47 pm

The point was that the restrictions against reconsideration of past denials should be re-evaluated and the already-established, and universally-recognized, committee might change their "rules" (which are protected by the right to 50-year-old silence regarding nominations/rulings).

However, you make a good suggestion, Hugh.

It should be better to NOT even consider the Nobel Awards, because it has become obvious that they are politically controlled/motivated.

Yes, it would be best that another venue -- less subjective to outside influences -- be considered . . . and that we universally DISREGARD the secretive/political decrees of this obviously subjective, but once considered to be prestigious, sham of an award.


And which one would you suggest, Hugh?

Sunday October 11, 2009, 6:07 pm

And, now that we've gotten over our adulation of international awards, do you think we could POSSIBLY get to a rational space in our minds where we MIGHT consider real solutions to peace -- that do not involve massacre of people?

AND, we may entertain the thought of keeping well our people at home?

AND, God forbid, we consider the plight of our own citizens -- before sending our children to certain death in another country?

YES, let's consider peace and welfare at home. And, once that's accomplished, and our own are taken care of, let's consider aiding others.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 6:31 pm
dear just why only x usa to sign , sniff, pls why I cant sign,(well), cause I sign anyway, txs x all

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:12 pm
One living person I would seriously pick for a Nobel prize who actually has done something very worthy to deserve it over the last few years is Kevin Annett.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:13 pm

Luv you, Cris . . . I knew you'd find a way!

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:19 pm
I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite,
but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.
George Bernard Shaw

Plant trees for life........

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:22 pm
Who is Kevin Annett????

Plant trees for life...................

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:22 pm

Dang, B.M. -- Where's a green star when you need one???? (LUV you! And I was wondering when someone would bring up the dynamite.)

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:27 pm
A documentary maker who made a doco about the Canadian Genocide.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:30 pm
Actually that's not the whole thing Google him he's much more than that. There's much more than the little I know about him.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 8:13 pm
very noted, action taken, and forwarded to others, thank you.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 8:43 pm
signed thank you

Sunday October 11, 2009, 8:49 pm
they owe you a note i clicked on the gold note

Sunday October 11, 2009, 8:54 pm
Always wondered why he never received the prize. The man that realy do something cant get it, and the once that do little do get it. Wonder how USA preident Obama got it.. Hope my signiture will help to make a wrong right.

Sunday October 11, 2009, 9:37 pm
Signed, Thanks Sukanya. If anybody deserves the Nobel Peace Prize it is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who said, "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."

Albert Einstein on Gandhi: "Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Gandhi: "If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought, acted and inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony."

Mahatma Gandhi on Gandhi: "I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills."

Sunday October 11, 2009, 9:45 pm
Beautifully expressed Tom..

Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:54 pm
Thanks Carole for sharing.. My vote will always stand for the Mahatma! We are proud of him.

Monday October 12, 2009, 12:19 am
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
would have been the most worthy recipient of the
Nobel PEACE Prize ever!
"An eye for an eye makes the world blind"

BTW: Yesterday I heard Obama saying:
"...especially now, when we are fighting two wars..."

-And the PEACE Prize 2010 goes to..???

Monday October 12, 2009, 1:39 am
Thanks Sukanya/Kadyan..."Thank you for signing the petition "No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan"...(#148)

Monday October 12, 2009, 3:16 am
Signed OF COURSE !!!

Monday October 12, 2009, 4:34 am
I,sincerely,tried to sign but it seemed that Only USA citizens are allowed which shouldn't be the case. I even tried an address in VA ,USA where lived over 4 years but it was not accepted. However Mahatma Gandhi deserves a Nobel prize for his outstanding position as a leader of non violence and coexistence . Changing the rules may not 100% help.The Indian government,nongovernmental organizations together with Intellectual association around the world and political celeberties -still living- must all nominate him for the next Nobel peace prize.

Monday October 12, 2009, 4:41 am
OK. Finally my previous address in USA worked and I could sign. Thanks for giving me the chance to support this great idea.

Monday October 12, 2009, 5:37 am
Signed,#160. Thanks Naresh.

Thank you for signing the petition "No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan"

Monday October 12, 2009, 6:33 am
signed with gratitude for one of the most enlightened people this planet has ever seen.shared also.

Monday October 12, 2009, 7:41 am
The race of mankind would perish
did they cease to aid each other.

We cannot exist without mutual help.

All therefore that need aid
have a right to ask it from their fellow-men;
and no one
who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
Walter Scott

PEACE...namaste

Monday October 12, 2009, 9:00 am
I have gladly signed. Thank you Kadyan and Sukanaya!

Monday October 12, 2009, 12:10 pm
Gandhi earned the Nobel prize over and over.

Monday October 12, 2009, 1:27 pm
Kevin Annett is the one best person who has come to personify the need, hope, Much more than simply documenting the mass graves of indigenous children systematically killed in British Canada and United States government sponsored and mandatory boarding schools over the past century, Kevin Annett remains the one person who has worked for and has come to personify the very need, hope, and opportunity for justice, healing, and reconciliation of past and continued North American genocide.

Monday October 12, 2009, 1:41 pm
David.....Thank you. I've never heard of
Kevin. Good to know there was a someone
who was investigating the mass killing of native
American indians.

The native indians of Canada & the U.S. deserve
all they can get for past mistreatment.

I'll read up on him for sure.......

Plant trees fo life.................

Monday October 12, 2009, 4:26 pm
Noted, Signed and Thank You Very Much.

Interesting website too...

Peace to all...

Monday October 12, 2009, 5:59 pm
NOTED AND SIGNED. I recently received the following email from an activist friend. I think It says it all and explains why Ghandi didn't receive it!!!: :

"The first US President to win it wasTeddy Roosevelt in 1906, a Republican. The next one to win it was Woodrow Wilson in 1919, a Democrat, who gave us the Federal Reserve System and the means for deficit spending and installed Income Tax as security for all government Deficits and the means with which to pay same with interest, and later apologized for having unwittingly ruined his country! He also gave us the First World War and put us on the road to the Great Depression. Which by the way Obama is doing now.

The Nobel Peace Prize is so prestigious that Yasser Arafat in 1994 and Dr. Strange Love aka Henry Kissinger (also a Republican and globalist) won it in 1973. And Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin were all nominees for it, of course they were denied, but they were nominated. What did any or all of the previous winners do to earn it? What has Obama done to win it?? The Nobel Peace Prize seems to generally go to war mongers."

Also, another lady should have received it as follows. This is an email I received from another activist friend and it makes powerful points:

When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken, or cease to be honest. -Unknown
,
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Oct 11th, 1798
,
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches the jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.
Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." Patrick Henry
,
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -James Madison

"Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin

There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena Sendler. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' ..... She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids..) She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize ... She was not selected.

Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.

Monday October 12, 2009, 6:33 pm
Thank youLucky........I've read this before about Irena.

I'd still like to know why Obama received the Nobel.
You can be sure Obama is no different than any
of the Ivy league comrades he listens to.
And, you can just as certain Obama would never
have done what Irena did...........

Men are such shallow creatures when confronted
with the obvious............My quote.............

Plant trees for life...................

Monday October 12, 2009, 7:40 pm
Very eloquent AK. No wonder you're "Nigel no mates".

Monday October 12, 2009, 9:41 pm
THX. SUKANYA, I NOTED BUT CAN'T SIGN, I AM FROM CANADA......WE DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO SIGN ALL PETITIONS, MANY ARE FOR USA ONLY, SORRY.....

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 1:59 am
AK B:
Just to let you know, I have flagged you because of your inane comments.
I hope one day you find compassion in your heart before your insensitivity comsumes you...
Hatefulness always finds it's way back around.

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 7:24 am
Signed gladly.....

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 12:57 pm
Noted and signed.

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 1:51 pm
AK B - flagged this too. Why is it still here if someone else has already flagged it? It is a disgraceful comment.

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 1:53 pm
Mindless morons should go and spew their filth elsewhere I think - not in Care2.

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 2:50 pm
I flagged that the moment it appeared I was online at the time, it seems to take a while.

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 8:04 pm
I would love to sign, and will keep trying, but the page won't load. The link brings up a tab called 'socialentrepreneurship...' and it just doesn't load. But I'll keep trying; I agree this is worthy, and I want to sign.

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 8:08 pm
OK, I think I got it. I googled the link, took the cached page, then got it to roll over by clicking Sign. By george!
:-)

Tuesday October 13, 2009, 8:09 pm
 
Here's a direct link to the Change.org petition:
 
No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Sukanya Naresh Kadyan
 

Wednesday October 14, 2009, 12:21 pm
VOTED...THANK YOU SUKANYA.

Wednesday October 14, 2009, 12:21 pm
VOTED...THAN YOU SUKANYA.

Friday October 16, 2009, 3:42 am
Signed and thank you - although this prize after this year's award has become a travesty of what it once was. There is NO ONE more worthy of it and I hope that this petition does some mind changing where it coutns.

Friday October 16, 2009, 2:48 pm
While I Feel that He should have been given the Award;
and would have signed the petition.

I Will Not Sign Any Petition that is Compromised by False Addreses and a Conspiracy to Defraud..

..I Mean C'mon People if a petition is USA only Keep it USA Only;
and Start your own international Petition.

I have seen this Practice TOO Many Times From those Who SOO Want Rules Changed to suit thier Agenda's that they are willing to Promote Fraudulent Signatures; from areas outside of the petition Base..

Considering that You All are So Willing to Commit Fraud to Further your Agenda's;
..Would that You Had to Face the Legal Consequences...

Friday October 16, 2009, 2:55 pm

Rod, you make a point (not necessarily a good one . . . but one that has raised my own ire).

I intend to send your remark to Change.org. I have sent several messages to them, inquiring as to how they can consider themselves to be an international organization, and yet, not have an option for petition signers outside the U.S.

My problem with your remark is that you ASSUME that signers outside the U.S. will be invalidated. I take offense to that, because I know -- for a fact -- that it may not be true.

All signators for petitions at Change.org must register. Therefore, their true addresses are a matter of record.

Friday October 16, 2009, 2:59 pm
Rod is just smart..really he is...

Big Gorilly Hugs Rod

Big Gorilly Hugs to all also...

Friday October 16, 2009, 3:00 pm

Well, Rod may not be as smart as he thinks.

Friday October 16, 2009, 7:07 pm
Noted and signed! Thank you for the chance to honor a truly great man.

Friday October 16, 2009, 9:07 pm
Providing False info To Get ones name on a Petition is Obviously Wrong;

But I have Found that Many Here Don't Care As Long as They Can Get Thier Petition Signed By as Many Names as Possible.

I once had Somone Promoting a Tennessee State only Petition for Medical Pot; Telling People How To Use False Adresses to Sign from Out of State.

a Cause I am in Favour of, But As They unapollogeticly Refused To Retract thier Fraud Recomendation; I dropped them From My Friends List.


"My problem with your remark is that you ASSUME that signers outside the U.S. will be invalidated. I take offense to that, because I know -- for a fact -- that it may not be true."

My Problem is THEY ARE INVALID;
Fraud is Fraud;
Even though you are Doing it for a Wonderfull cause; it Taints Everything Else You Claim as Truth and Hurts Any Cause that Allows Those willing To Bend the rules/Break the laws to Achieve thier Goals; To Continue to Represent them..
..the Same Pattern of Anything is Justifiable For the "Right Cause" That Our Polititians and Religious Leaders have Been selling us Out With for Centuries.
as far as this remark:

"Is it "pointless" to pursue justice, however seemingly unattainable,"

it may not be pointless But if Getting your "justice" is done By Promoting Fraud..is it Realy Justice; and Since Ghandi is Long Gone; This Serves Not Him, But the Vanity of the Promoters of this Petition;
Which Ironicaly Just happens to appear; Right after Obama Gets the Nobel Prize...

Solve the Problem By using C2 Petitions That are internationl; NOT By Promoting Fraud. and Therby Cheapening and Tainting the "Cause"

Thats my Ethical Position, Which May Be Irrelevant;
as I was recently informed By a Vegan Abolitionist;
That Anyone that Does not Follow Thier Rigid OverZealous Path;
HAS No Ethics or Morals.....

Saturday October 17, 2009, 2:11 am
Rod, the problem is not if non-USA citizens sign a US petition. In theory I agree with you that fraud is fraud, but in these issues it is obvious that with their worldwide bullying policies the US affect the entire world. So the entire world has a right to react. I live in Europe but my life is affected daily by what goes on in the USA and by US actions abroad, and so is the lives of all Europeans. So I think we have a right to speak our minds in certain US petitions in the issues that affect all human lives and human rights, short term or long term.
Or are we supposed to forget that the US war planes fly above our heads on their way to Afghanistan, that the US military has been killing innocent civilians a few borders away from us?that they want to start another "war" against Iran? that US food corporations like Monsanto do their best to control what we eat even when we don't want it? that the US pharmaceutical corporations and those behind them keep trying to spread panic just to impose their highly suspicious flu shots on us? and so on...

Do not condemn those who feel they need to sign a petition, so their only choice is to alter their address, yes it's fraud but it's just so tiny that it's almost non existent next to the HUGE frauds committed by certain governments and by the elite... huge frauds and huge LIES in elections, in medical issues, economic issues, military issues... you name it.

With their imperialistic politics, the USA have succeeded in making many non-US citizens feel like we are concerned too and that it is our duty to react the best we can, trying to stop what's wrong.

So Rod if your priority is truly Ethics and Morals, you might want to concentrate ALL your energy in the struggle against the violations of human rights in general, children's rights in particular, animal's rights; against war, against imperialism, against violence, against racism, against hunger, against poverty...

Petitions can't solve all the problems but they do raise awareness and change people's minds for the best by helping them realize there's a problem going on, learn about the problem and that a solution would be possible if enough people get together. Does it really matter where the people live, as long as they are united for a good cause?

However I will agree with you that 1) unfortunately there are a lot of people that start a petition only to support their own ego, but will add that fortunately these petitions rarely go very far
2) international petitions are more suitable when international support is needed.

Saturday October 17, 2009, 1:27 pm
Why would Ghandi, who dedicated his life working for peace, receive the Nobel Peace Prize? It is more important to give it to someone like Obama, who has done nothing, instead. Do you think that it makes it a political nomination rather than a real one? Nah, I must be imagining it!!

Saturday October 17, 2009, 1:47 pm
Your not imaging a thing.......There must have been
some real arm twisting smooth talking to pull this off.

Plant trees for life.....................

Saturday October 17, 2009, 10:13 pm
While I would Never say that the rest of the world has No right to petition the USA; The Nature of a Local Petition is to Show Local Support for an Issue.
Which Gives it Greater Power in a Local issue Where votes Count...
Conversly False Signators Invalidate the Petition taking away it's Power; and Making it Look more like Teenage Popularity contest than a Valid Issue.
..Those that want to address an issue Internationaly Should create international Petitions.
if the Petition Networks Do Not Provide for this; Then Send them a Petition; if that Doesn't Work Boycott Those that are unwilling to Give that Choice.

Those That Are Willing To Bend Rules To Get Thier Say; Scare Me;
as when thier Ethics are Less important than Thier Cause; They can Continue Down the Path of the Rightcheous and Justify; Crimes, Vandeilism, ARSON, Violence, Torture, Murder, Even Nuclear WAR To Achieve Thier "Important" Self Serving Agenda's.

Thus My Concerns With Ethics in Petition signing;
IS about ALL those Other Issues and Causes You Brought up; For When Those With "Flexible" Ethics Attatch themselves To Any Cause, it Hurts That Cause More than a Few extra Signatures May help it.

Sunday October 18, 2009, 6:41 am

First of all, some petitions do not require a physical address -- I've signed many recently that only asked for my first and last name and my email address. The issue of country, state, etc. of residency is usually only important when petitioning a government agency which makes decisions that apply only to residents of that jurisdiction.

When joining Change.org to sign a petition, you must submit your name and email address. A confirmation message is then sent to you, which you must respond to for verification.

The problem with petitions, as they are now constructed at Change.org, is that when a person originates a petition, there is no provision for indicating that non-U.S. signers are permitted. As Change.org touts the fact that it represents several other countries, I believe this is an oversight, and have sent emails to their technician, help desk and CEO, advising them of the problems this is causing.

That said, however, this petition is not being sent to a government agency; and all signers' email addresses have been verified by Change.org.

Tuesday October 20, 2009, 8:31 am
Noted thanks Naresh.

Wednesday October 21, 2009, 2:48 am
THE NOBEL PRIZE IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH, I'D RATHER GIVE THEM A MARS BAR---

Wednesday October 21, 2009, 4:14 am
Mahatma Gandhi deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his great contribution
to world peace. His time tested policy of non-violence has all time relevance. If he is not conferred the Nobel Peace Prize, it definitely falls short of the purpose with international backdrop. For the true importance of World Peace, Mahatma Gandhi and his 100 volumes of peace talks cannot be forgotten in world history!! Such a towering Mahatma (Great Soul) well deserves the Prize, so that more and more leaders and people may embrace his great philosophy of World Peace!! I strongly support this cause
as put forth by Mr Naresh. I thank him too.

Long live World Peace, and the first International Architect of Peace, Mahatma Gandhi!!

Vijay