Comments on: Maathai wins Nobel Peace Prize - wonderful! http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/ ...reverberating Fri, 18 May 2012 07:07:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Wendy Maybury http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10551 Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:27:41 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10551 this really warmed my heart! this really warmed my heart!

]]> by: Emily http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10550 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:06:27 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10550 <i>The Standard reports that, after receiving news of her award, Mrs Maathai "courted controversy on the issue of HIV/Aids and human rights". <i>"Although I am a biologist, I have not done any research. I may not be able to say who developed the (HIV) virus but it was meant to wipe out the black race," the report quotes her as saying.</i> Who knows if her theory is accurate, but I can't say I admire her work any less for having said that. </i> The Standard reports that, after receiving news of her award, Mrs Maathai “courted controversy on the issue of HIV/Aids and human rights”.

“Although I am a biologist, I have not done any research. I may not be able to say who developed the (HIV) virus but it was meant to wipe out the black race,” the report quotes her as saying.

Who knows if her theory is accurate, but I can’t say I admire her work any less for having said that.

]]> by: alan http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10549 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:31:40 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10549 I hope reporting of her comments about AIDS is wrong: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3729248.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3729248.stm</a> I hope reporting of her comments about AIDS is wrong:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3729248.stm

]]> by: Christine http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10548 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:52:59 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10548 Emily This was so wisely given.....a woman, a woman of color, an unheard of (well, I hadn't heard of her) woman and someone who believes in this planet for the sake of its inhabitants......it gives me such hope! I was very moved this morning when I heard of this......here was a woman planting trees! Just WOW! After all of the B.S. going on with our politics, the whole Iraq mess.....this and the election in Afghanistan....and a woman running there - it is just refreshing! Emily
This was so wisely given…..a woman, a woman of color, an unheard of (well, I hadn’t heard of her) woman and someone who believes in this planet for the sake of its inhabitants……it gives me such hope! I was very moved this morning when I heard of this……here was a woman planting trees! Just WOW! After all of the B.S. going on with our politics, the whole Iraq mess…..this and the election in Afghanistan….and a woman running there - it is just refreshing!

]]> by: Marie http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10547 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 02:08:15 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10547 Wow - what a GREAT story! Especially after the conversations we've had around the same thing. Taking care of our planet is rapidly becoming one of the more obvious ways we can put peacebuilding theories into practice and make some real transformation possible. Wow - what a GREAT story! Especially after the conversations we’ve had around the same thing. Taking care of our planet is rapidly becoming one of the more obvious ways we can put peacebuilding theories into practice and make some real transformation possible.

]]> by: Kath http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10546 Fri, 08 Oct 2004 23:02:43 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/10/08/maathai-wins-nobel-peace-prize-wonderful/#comment-10546 Excellent points, Emily. It also goes to show that one person CAN make a difference. Welcome Back! You were missed :-) Excellent points, Emily.

It also goes to show that one person CAN make a difference.

Welcome Back! You were missed :-)

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