David de Rothschild - Jesus?

Every once in a while, a photo appears in the mainstream press which deserves comment. Sunday's Observer newspaper carries an article entitled "The voyage of the Plastiki". Apparently, the world's richest eco-terrorist is about to set off on a voyage of activism on "a 60ft plastic catamaran, kept afloat with 12,500 empty bottles, across the Pacific".

Bully for him.

Half way down the article, this photo appears:

Here we have Mr de Rothschild in a cruciform repose, with his long dark hair and beard, and fully equipped with halo. Interestingly, he has a skull and bones on his belt buckle.

So what's going on here?

He might just have a high and mighty opinion of himself. Or, maybe, he's taking the mickey out of conspiracy theorists everywhere. Either way, there's a message being sent. I leave it up to you to decide what that message might be.