Happy 40th birthday, Jonestown Massacre!
Nov 19, 2018 9:46:26 GMT
Post by thisonehurts on Nov 19, 2018 9:46:26 GMT
Dan C said:
Forty-years ago today, five people with a California congressional fact finding trip to Jonestown were killed in cold blood on a runway in Guyana as they prepared to leave.
The following day Jones' congregation were forced into a mass suicide.
This Dateline report gives chilling insight into how everything led up to and went down on that horrific day.
It includes includes new interviews with the widows of the two NBC News journalists and a number of survivors of that era.
Forty-years ago today, five people with a California congressional fact finding trip to Jonestown were killed in cold blood on a runway in Guyana as they prepared to leave.
The following day Jones' congregation were forced into a mass suicide.
This Dateline report gives chilling insight into how everything led up to and went down on that horrific day.
It includes includes new interviews with the widows of the two NBC News journalists and a number of survivors of that era.
Plutonio said:
Thanks for sharing. I only knew about the mass suicide, I didn’t know they were murderers too. I’ll be watching it later!
Thanks for sharing. I only knew about the mass suicide, I didn’t know they were murderers too. I’ll be watching it later!
Carl Swanson said:
When Jonestown happened, it was to me a not unforeseeable result of the erosion of critical thinking, of wanting a "leader", of discounting the power of one's own mind.
IMO, the advice to "question authority" is good . . . as far as it goes. My mantra is "question everything," in at least some degree. Never automatically, unquestioningly accept anything, no matter how much it "makes sense," or appeals to our prejudices. Everyone always has an agenda.
Who's saying it?
Who's going to benefit?
EDIT: NEVER assume someone else "knows better than I." It is, however, safe to assume they have their reasons, and it's helpful to find out what they are.
When Jonestown happened, it was to me a not unforeseeable result of the erosion of critical thinking, of wanting a "leader", of discounting the power of one's own mind.
IMO, the advice to "question authority" is good . . . as far as it goes. My mantra is "question everything," in at least some degree. Never automatically, unquestioningly accept anything, no matter how much it "makes sense," or appeals to our prejudices. Everyone always has an agenda.
Who's saying it?
Who's going to benefit?
EDIT: NEVER assume someone else "knows better than I." It is, however, safe to assume they have their reasons, and it's helpful to find out what they are.
EVOLVIST said:
I had just turned 5 when this happened, and while I usually wouldn't remember something like this on TV, my the pulled me aside and told me to check this out.
It was film shot from a helicopter over the compound, and you get see the spots on the ground which were obviously dead bodies. For a couple of seconds they actually showed bodies on the ground before cutting to the reporter.
I asked my daddy what happened. He wasn't thinking about his choice of words, as he sat fascinated by the report on the news. He responded, "This guy killed all these people with Kool-Aid."
Oh snap! I loved Kool-Aid and now I find out it can kill you! I was scared to death when my step-mom made a next batch. I thought she was trying to murder me!
I had just turned 5 when this happened, and while I usually wouldn't remember something like this on TV, my the pulled me aside and told me to check this out.
It was film shot from a helicopter over the compound, and you get see the spots on the ground which were obviously dead bodies. For a couple of seconds they actually showed bodies on the ground before cutting to the reporter.
I asked my daddy what happened. He wasn't thinking about his choice of words, as he sat fascinated by the report on the news. He responded, "This guy killed all these people with Kool-Aid."
Oh snap! I loved Kool-Aid and now I find out it can kill you! I was scared to death when my step-mom made a next batch. I thought she was trying to murder me!
MonkeyMan said:
My personal belief is to trust nobody implicitly. Nobody. I have enough experience at this point to have very good reasons for this.
My personal belief is to trust nobody implicitly. Nobody. I have enough experience at this point to have very good reasons for this.
