Food Activist's Life Becomes The Life of Brian 165
krou writes "After food activist and author Raj Patel appeared on The Colbert Report to promote his latest book, things seemed to be going well, until he began to get inundated with emails asking if he was 'the world teacher.' In events ripped straight from The Life of Brian, it would seem that Raj Patel's life story ticks all the boxes necessary to fulfill prophecies made by Benjamin Creme, founder of religious sect Share International. After the volume of emails and inquiries got worse, Patel eventually wrote a message on his website stating categorically that he was not the Messiah. Sure enough, 'his denial merely fanned the flames for some believers. In a twist ripped straight from the script of the comedy classic, they said that this disavowal, too, had been prophesied.'"
How to fix the problem... (Score:4, Interesting)
He should abuse the shit out of these retards.
I bet these prophecies don't say anything about him putting his followers into poverty for his own personal vices.
Tell them he's not their messiah but he wants all of their money so he can spend it on hookers and blow.
Although that still might not work, after all scientology has a way more suckers than these share international fools.
Good Quote: (Score:5, Interesting)
"People are very ready to abdicate responsibility and have it shovelled on to someone else's shoulders," he said. "You saw that with Obama most spectacularly, but whenever there's going to be someone who's just going to fix it for you, it's a very attractive story. It's in every mythological structure."
Budhism is thought-slavery, mute, and inactive (Score:0, Interesting)
When the man balancing his thoughts awakens from his active rest, to do the work he surmised in his meditations, then he will be pulled by the parasites to adjust him to their contentions of religion regardless of his progress of harmony.
Law is a matter of religion, constantly trolling your actions to it's courts for you to correct and elaborate you to inactivity; as gravity pulling a delicate fruit to a destructive fall, the most religious are the creatures that profess to have none, that demand your appreciation of their achievements credit to their name rather than kindness.
Such as religion, to take away an unnumerable blessing to assign a number of it's own, and draw you in by it's wenches.
Re:Who says he ain't a religious leader? (Score:3, Interesting)
Actually, he's not directing how we should eat, he's trying to direct how we should change our concepts of personal property, right and wrong, and personal responsibility such that millions don't starve while other millions throw away food. His message could easily be construed as a modern day religious doctrine.
Re:Oblig (Score:2, Interesting)
He's NOT the messaiah, he is a very naughty boy!
ftfa: "My parents came to visit recently, and they brought clothes that said 'he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy'. To them, it's just amusing." :)
His parents are obviously way more 'geek cool' than my parents!
I loved this part (Score:4, Interesting)
"There have been similar cases in the past, including Steve Cooper, an unemployed man from Tooting, south London, who was identified by a Hindu sect as the reincarnation of a goddess and now lives in a temple in Gujurat with scores of followers."
you out of work, out of money, at your lowest and then a bunch of people claim you are a Goddess and takes you to their temple and pampers you.
Man, what a day. or maybe not:
http://www.southasianpost.com/portal2/ff80808111f169c20111fc7c4cdc0047_Steve_Cooper__Hindu_god.do.html [southasianpost.com]
OTOH I wonder if anyone checked up on him? He might need help. I mean, we are talking about cultist. Better pack up the Tommy and dynamite.
Re:How to fix the problem... (Score:3, Interesting)
Shhh, keep it down. I'm surrounded by them right now. They're best kept pacified, and my supply of Chlorpromazine is running low. Send the Messiah with more.
Re:Photos on Slashdot. (Score:3, Interesting)
I think I see whats happening here. strace shows that reading past the end of /dev/mem errors with EPERM. Both cat and strings get the same EPERM but they behave differently to response to it.
cat dies and gives you the error. When it dies it also kills its process group. That's everything you pipe its output though.
strings just ignores the error. It doesn't tell you about it and doesn't kill its process group.
Note that EPERM means you asked for something invalid and isn't the same as EACCES which means you asked for something you don't have permission for.
Thanks for the interesting puzzle.