If Obama can get it, why can't the internet?

It seems fantastic to believe that the internet might receive the nobel peace prize, but then after Obama's surprise win maybe it just might be possible.

But even then it seemed the prize was given in anticipation of what Obama would do in the future... after receiving it, how could he not live up to the promise of the award in his actions that followed?

All this aside, I can't help but be distracted by who would represent the internet and accept the prize? Maybe Sir Tim Berner's Lee or maybe a grid server on a trolley? Maybe Microsoft could bring the paperclip out of retirement, I know he's been vacationing around the internet since he stepped out of the limelight.

I know he's not the greatest example of the face of the internet, but then what or who is? If there's no-one to receive it, what's the purpose in giving it?

But that is to misunderstand what the internet is.. It's no longer just a load of information and applications, but it's the interconnections between people across the world. The internet is one of the best representations of the whole world working together.

And if it wins the internet collective will receive it, far and wide, all over it's front pages and across it's global network of sites, congratulating humanity for having created something that has changed the world for the better, united the world for a greater good.

I, for one, would vote for the internet and when we won I would hope that, like Obama, our actions to follow would demonstrate why it was the right choice.

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