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A few days ago, someone added me on Twitter with this headline from the FT about how

Masayoshi Son compared himself to both Jesus Christ and the Beatles.

Now I don't know why anyone would send me an article like this, as this is neither a theology

channel nor is it an entomology channel.

I have no way of judging the accuracy of either of these claims.

I'm going to guess that they're true, as there's no reason

that Masayoshi's son would lie about something like this. He possibly is a lot like Jesus

Christ, but maybe instead of making the comparison himself, he should just grow a beard,

get some sandals, dress all in white, and then let other people bring it up.

That's what I would do in such a situation.

His name is son, so who knows?

Definitely not me.

I read the article anyway, which I'm fairly sure was meant for some other Patrick Boyle,

I googled, and there are a few priests and at least one entomologist

with the same name as me. It seems that Son said that Jesus and the Beatles, who I have since

learned were a band, it's not the kind of music that I cover here, but he said that Jesus was also

misunderstood and criticised and went on to say that the Beatles

weren't initially popular either. Now, like I said, I'm not a theologist, nor am I Rick Biotto.

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