Quote (Someone slipped something in her drink when she wasn't looking...a few drops of the infamous Koolaid.)
Ok I am not going to win on this one. As a young man seeing those dead peoples pictures and reading about the event troubled me.
And when we a Villagers post drink the Kool-Aid it brings up Jonestown. Now I am not being mean or trying to start trouble or pick on anyone who uses the term Kool-Aid . In fact as a CarGuy I HATE Kool-Aid the nasty carpet seat staining automotive electrical destruction stuff!
I ask could we not come as Villagers with something better that drinking the Kool-Aid
Jack Daniels! Scotch - Wine- Beer! or for some Smoking POT! but Gee are we all getting hearded down to the Town Square one night for the final Kool-Aid happy hour?
In November 1978, California Congressman Leo Ryan arrived in Guyana to survey Jonestown and interview its inhabitants. After reportedly having his life threatened by a Temple member during the first day of his visit, Ryan decided to cut his trip short and return to the U.S. with some Jonestown residents who wished to leave. As they boarded their plane, a group of Jones's guards opened fire on them, killing Ryan and four others.
From infoplease :
Some members of Ryan's party escaped, however. Upon learning this, Jones told his followers that Ryan's murder would make it impossible for their commune to continue functioning. Rather than return to the United States, the People's Temple would preserve their church by making the ultimate sacrifice: their own lives. Jones's 912 followers were given a deadly concoction of a purple drink mixed with cyanide, sedatives, and tranquilizers. Jones apparently shot himself in the head.
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