who is the foolish person on earth

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 10 Aug 2005 12:57 PDT

Hello roothrock-ga,

Could you please give us more detail about what you want us to answer for you?

Nenna-GA

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 11 Aug 2005 09:22 PDT

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon?  I don't mean this as a derogatory comment
about Rev. Moon.  Rather, I'm citing a statement that he made about
himself:

"In a way, I am the most foolish person on earth, taking a foolish
path. Whether people speak bad of me or not, I go my own way."

"God's Will and the World," by Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Unification Home Page
http://www.unification.net/gww/gww-34.html

If this answer is satisfactory, please let me know, so that I may post
it as an answer.

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Request for Question Clarification by landog-ga on 11 Aug 2005 09:30 PDT

I think it's currently Manoel Messias Batista Coelh:

"(29 January 2003, Brazil) At work, Manoel Messias Batista Coelho was
responsible for cleaning out the storage tanks of gasoline tanker
trucks. He had been employed in that capacity for two months when he
ran afoul of fuel.
The 35-year-old began to fill a tanker with water, a standard safety
procedure that forces flammable vapor out of the container. He
returned an hour later to check whether the water level was high
enough to proceed. But he had trouble deciding, because it was so DARK
inside the tanker.

A resourceful employee, Manoel forgot the very reason why he was
filling the tank with water when he lit a cigarette lighter to shed
some light on the situation. His little test successfully determined
that the water level was NOT yet high enough for safety. The vapor
explosion launched him through the air, and he landed in the company
parking lot 100 meters away.

Manoel suffered severe burns, blunt force trauma, and an injury to the
head that exposed his brain. Our witless car washer had learned his
terminal lesson in safety by the time the firemen arrived"
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/index_darwin2003.html

Roothrock,
If you are asking about the MOST foolish person on earth, there are a
couple of problems.  Researchers try to stay away from questions
asking for "all" or "the most", because it is almost impossible to be
sure the answer is correct  - especially on a subject like this.
And then there is the problem that they cannot give information
identifying living persons  -  regardless of the selection criteria - 
unless they are well-known persons in the public sphere.
Of course, someone might have a couple of suggestions from among that group ...
Myoarin