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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:38 PM Original message |
Where I think the "drink the kool-aid" idea came from |
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bkcc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're right. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. You're correct |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I am so smart I am so smart S-M-R-T! |
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Bat Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I remember it, too. |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pretty smart for 22, and you are correct... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think the congressman was actually killed. That sparked the |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I thought so, but I erred on the side of being cautious |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, that's exactly right. There is a further, disturbing implication |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Unbelievable |
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TeacherCreature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. He started out as a evangelical Christian |
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MissAnnThrope (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Well, There Were Those Who Didn't Want To Drink It, |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. May I add one other detail...some were FORCED to do this |
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JJinSF (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. numbers a little off |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. It did come from the People's Temple massacre. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. I always thought it came from |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. 913 died at Jonestown |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Ah well my bad (on the numbers) |
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TeacherCreature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Don't make that mistake |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. A factual note: Jones used Flavor-ade, not Kool-ade |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Is there still such a product as Flavor-ade? |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'm not sure. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yes, you can still get it |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Thank you! I have told people that fact time and time again... |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Blind devotion to a leader. Isolation and fear to quell questioning. |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. There was a biography episode on Jim Jones just the other night |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Didn't they believe he was going to raise them from the dead? |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm not sure, I had to turn it off |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's a link to an account of the incident. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Partly right, partly wrong |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Thought it was Leo Ryan |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It was. Damn, I'm having a hell of a time with names today! |
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Alex146 (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. was more than one congressman killed |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Letter to editor |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. They let him out of jail?????! |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Manson is still in jail. n/t |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. That was sarcasm related to the article mentioned in the post. n/t |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. They didn't all drink the Koolaid |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just as an aside... Jim Jones and George W. Bush... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. It was grotesque. It was all over the news on Thanksgiving, |
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Unperson 309 (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. Jonestown People Did NOT Drink Kool-Ade! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. It was reported originally in the press as Kool-Ade. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I think the Flavor-Ade people are just as happy that everyone thinks it |
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