They probably have a longstanding rule that, if they can't find anyone better, they just pick a safe Scandinavian choice and forget about it.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Tomas Transtromer wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 06/10/2011 12:02:12 PM
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Who?
- 06/10/2011 02:14:23 PM
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What a Transtravesty.
- 06/10/2011 02:59:09 PM
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My current theory is that the choice was a last minute switch.
- 06/10/2011 04:16:50 PM
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That is possible.
- 06/10/2011 10:27:19 PM
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Meh. I guess they were under pressure to produce a Swedish winner again.
- 06/10/2011 05:34:05 PM
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Re: Meh. I guess they were under pressure to produce a Swedish winner again.
- 08/10/2011 05:32:12 PM
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Nobel Prizes just continue to become more and more irrelevant..... *NM*
- 10/10/2011 03:21:43 AM
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