A Sad, Sad Thing

This is the way that all anti-war protesters should show their allegiance to the cause (and more rain):

Madras - An Indian mystic who vowed to spend a weekend buried underground to show his desire for world peace has died of suffocation, police said on Wednesday.

Ananda Swami, 22, had performed the ritual twice before but this time overzealous followers packed the soil tightly on top of his 2m deep pit lined with bricks, police said.

Swami had told supporters on Saturday upon entering the trench that he was performing penance to seek world peace and to bring rain to the drought-hit southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Spare me the outrage at making a joke of this poor guys death. If someone buries themselves underground for world peace and rain, they should be aware of the possible consequences.