He's not the Messiah

Amusing article on the Guardian site (now there's a rare statement) regarding Raj Patel, an academic and author who has unexpectedly found himself regarded as the saviour (or, for our American readers, "savior") of the world.


Apparently Mr Patel is an emanation of the Maritreya, a representative of the Space Brothers of Venus.
Leaving aside the possibility that the Space Brothers are just the latest manifestation of a long line of fraudulent Messiahs, which include the Kray Twins, the Chemical Brothers, Steptoe & Son, Sister Sledge and the Lighthouse Family, I just want to suggest this.


If the Space Brothers are so keen to save our earth wouldn't it be responsible of them to get their own house in order first?  After all, Venus is hardly the type of place we would look if we wanted to know how to deal with runaway climate change, is it?  Why beholdest thou the CO2 in thy Space Brother's eye, but considerest not the gaseous sulphuric acid in thine own eye?


Or perhaps - given that the Space Brothers clearly switched too many lights on when Venus Day came round, perhaps they've got the wrong saviour?  Maybe he that is least among cartoonists will be greatest in the Kingdom of Venus?