Jonestown
I had not been aware of this special. Passing the information along, for anyone interested. If you watch it, let me know what you think.
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From: J
Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM
WI Catholic,
Have you been watching any of the Jonestown coverage?
November 18th is the 30th anniversary of that tragedy.
MSNBC has a two hour special on tomorrow at 11:00 am and 6:00 pm CST, and it's really well-done.
Jim Jones' ideology was to build a socialist utopia ("the great society") in Guyana and he was to be the people's god. One book claims he believed he was the reincarnation of Lenin. He was negotiating to move his people to the soviet union and was negotiating with soviet leaders - he had stashed away money to transfer there. Although it may sound like too big a stretch to most people, the story of his charismatic sway over people has some parallels to the way people have been responding to Obama -- and that people aren't able to 'see' what else is there behind the well-managed facade.
From: J
Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM
WI Catholic,
Have you been watching any of the Jonestown coverage?
November 18th is the 30th anniversary of that tragedy.
MSNBC has a two hour special on tomorrow at 11:00 am and 6:00 pm CST, and it's really well-done.
Jim Jones' ideology was to build a socialist utopia ("the great society") in Guyana and he was to be the people's god. One book claims he believed he was the reincarnation of Lenin. He was negotiating to move his people to the soviet union and was negotiating with soviet leaders - he had stashed away money to transfer there. Although it may sound like too big a stretch to most people, the story of his charismatic sway over people has some parallels to the way people have been responding to Obama -- and that people aren't able to 'see' what else is there behind the well-managed facade.
posted by WI Catholic @ 11/16/2008 01:04:00 AM
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