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Branson beats Jesus in role model poll | UK | Reuters

Not that the world has changed or anything and we are materialistic nowadays

Abdabz

I guess part of the problem is that Jesus is a fictitious character like Mr Bean or Harold Bishop and therefore to have a yearning to be as "rich" in a materialistic or spritual way as a character from a book is a bit pointless.

So to conclude, I wouldnt blame capitalism or materialism for this poll, I would just put it down to realism

Brendan Hughes

That's a bit harsh. The real, modern-day Jesuses, Mandela and Martin Luther King, came 5th and 9th. No mention of Mahatma Ghandi, perhaps another candidate for such a "label".

I liked this at the end: "Brits either love or hate Branson. In 2002 he was ranked 85 in a BBC poll to find the top 100 British heroes, but a year later came 86th in Channel Four television's 100 Worst Britons."

SJ_Skyline

Either I'm being stupid or the article doesn't say who came first?

Brendan Hughes

"a family member topped the list."

So, as you said....

SJ_Skyline

I've got a lot on my plate right now...

Brendan Hughes

You're not joking. You two must be up to "any day now" stage?

Prasius

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While I'm not Christian, I wouldn't ever feel the need to have a sit down discussion with any future child over their moral standards if they declared Jesus, Branson or Martin Luther King as a role model. If they named their role model as someone who incited terrorism and instructed the destruction of fast food restaurants and those innocent people inside them, I would think I was then faced with a problem.

I think Branson isn't the worst roll model anyone could have - he came from a very normal upbringing and has made himself extremely successful through hard work. As for why people hate him; some typical modern day British thinking there - jealousy because a good proportion of the population is too bloody idle to work hard for what they want because they think someone else should just give it to them.

Luan Pra bang

Is a 30k a year school normal ?

While I respect his achievments he hardly went form council estate to country estate like Alan Sugar or John Caudwell.

Odds on

I thought the thread was going to be about a lookalike contest.

Branson does look more like Jesus than Jesus ever could.