Caterpillar, a Rai Radio 2 show in Italy, has nominated the bicycle as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize 2016. The show, hosted by Massimo Cirri and Sara Zambotti, and on air from Monday to Friday at 5.30 p.m., have decided to support the two-wheeler’s candidacy for the next Peace Prize.
Caterpillar has invited its audience to support the cause by collecting signatures around the world. A symbolic relay will deliver the candidacy to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee, in Oslo, in February 2016.
The presenters say that “the bicycle is an instrument of peace. It’s the most democratic tool of transport for all mankind, it does not cause wars and pollution, it decreases car accidents. Moreover in the past it was used by liberation and resistance movements in many countries.”
The petition is available to sign here: http://caterpillar.blog.rai.it/bikethenobel-petizione/
The Nobel prizes are already a joke. I’d suggest Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but of course that would be considered a micro-aggression.