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Originally Posted by pwalker8
You know when you chop out a section of a post, you can totally change how it reads. The rest of the quote was " I can remember them giving it to Bob Dylan a few years ago and he skipped the presentation ceremonies. "
So I was giving two different points on why I thought that maybe the Nobel prize wasn't the most important event in literature.
You asked "Why do you feel that prizes exist for no other reason than to create extra sales? " which is not even remotely what I said. I gave two reasons why it might not be the most important event in the literary world, I never said nor implied that the only reason a prize exists is to create extra sales.
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I avoided the opinion part purely on purpose. Only because you think that Bob Dylan got the award undeservedly, does not make the Nobel Prize any different. You did however put a strong correlation between the importance of a prize and resulting increased sales. If you did not imply that increased sales afterwards are a very important measure stick on how important a prize is, then why mention it at all?