Poll: Hoo's Crazier?
Jan. 30th, 2007 04:48 pm[Poll #917295]
I wanted to do Haile Sellassie versus Koresh, but Sellassie apparently never actually said "Hey, I'm God!"
I wanted to do Haile Sellassie versus Koresh, but Sellassie apparently never actually said "Hey, I'm God!"
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Date: 2007-01-30 10:10 pm (UTC)I voted for Norton, b/c quite honestly, I think Koresh's claims were a bit more rationally planned - he used his Messianic claims and message and such to get what he wanted - he manipulated people, got all sorts of people doing his bidding, even letting him use their children in sexual ways and so forth... he gained power through his "insanity", where Norton was a near-penniless kook when he died.
So, basically, I don't really think Koresh truly thought he was Jesus Christ - I think he was a terribly charismatic and manipulative man who knew what he wanted and followed a plan to get it.
Emperor Norton the first was just a wackadoodle. Out of the two, I have a greater liking of the nutjob, but he was obviously nuttier than a semi filled with almonds, where Koresh wasn't crazy, just really nasty.
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