Disagreement over the Nobel Peace Prize nothing new

US President Barack Obama will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo tomorrow. The liberal daily Mladá Fronta Dnes asks why people are making such a big deal out of the award: "Has it ever happened that people got all up in arms over the choice of a chemistry laureate? Or physics? Let's be frank, the jury members aren't computers. They're only human, and have their own sympathies. This is even more clear with the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize has been given to four Germans - or German-speaking authors - in the past ten years. Nothing against Karl May, but it very much looks like someone on the inside is very fond of German literature. But do the Americans - or the Eskimos - complain? Things are different with the Nobel Peace Prize. It's strange how seriously the decision by five jury members is taken. And every year it's the same thing. The world gets a new godhead, and a third of the people celebrate him, a third vilify him and a third couldn't care less."

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