David Blaine, fasting, hunger strikes and famine

David Blaine reaches the final day dangling in a perspex box next to Ken Livingstone's glass testicle after 44 days allegedly without food. Is he unaware how his silly stunt mocks those who either don't have enough to eat, or who have fasted, sometimes to death, as a result of a their spiritual or political convictions?

David Blaine...

...and the people he mocks.

David Blaine, quite rightly being mocked by a toy helicopter dangling a Big Mac Meal

Starving boy, Ethiopia. Photo © UN/DPI, Eskinder Debebe
Starving boy, Ethiopia. Photo © UN/DPI, Eskinder Debebe

Statue in Chiang Mai of Buddha during his period of fasting
Buddha during his period of fasting; statue in Chiang Mai, © thai-language.com

Bobby Sands, Irish Republican hunger striker, died after 66 days on hunger strike.
Bobby Sands, Irish Republican hunger striker, died after 66 days on hunger strike