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ESP83
(OP) User ID: 70533062 United States 11/06/2018 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How do you think the US would have handled the Jonestown incident had there not been the mass suicide? I don't know much about it, but sounds like a good topic. Quoting: Zer0Phi Maybe a paragraph or two about the history on this subject? From Wikipedia The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement established by the Peoples Temple, an American sect under the leadership of reverend Jim Jones, in north Guyana. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918[1][2] people died in the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. 909 individuals died in Jonestown,[1] all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some members on an audio tape of the event and in prior discussions. The poisonings in Jonestown followed the murder of five others by Temple members at Port Kaituma, including United States Congressman Leo Ryan, an act that Jones ordered. Four other Temple members committed murder-suicide in Georgetown at Jones' command. [link to en.m.wikipedia.org (secure)] ESP83 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 64121930 United States 11/06/2018 10:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How do you think the US would have handled the Jonestown incident had there not been the mass suicide? I don't know much about it, but sounds like a good topic. Quoting: Zer0Phi Maybe a paragraph or two about the history on this subject? From Wikipedia The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement established by the Peoples Temple, an American sect under the leadership of reverend Jim Jones, in north Guyana. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918[1][2] people died in the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. 909 individuals died in Jonestown,[1] all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some members on an audio tape of the event and in prior discussions. The poisonings in Jonestown followed the murder of five others by Temple members at Port Kaituma, including United States Congressman Leo Ryan, an act that Jones ordered. Four other Temple members committed murder-suicide in Georgetown at Jones' command. [link to en.m.wikipedia.org (secure)] And the big conspiracy being that there is no real way to tell if it was a government job, or self inflicted? I think I got it now. 5 Stars. |
ESP83
(OP) User ID: 70533062 United States 11/06/2018 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How do you think the US would have handled the Jonestown incident had there not been the mass suicide? I don't know much about it, but sounds like a good topic. Quoting: Zer0Phi Maybe a paragraph or two about the history on this subject? From Wikipedia The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement established by the Peoples Temple, an American sect under the leadership of reverend Jim Jones, in north Guyana. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918[1][2] people died in the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. 909 individuals died in Jonestown,[1] all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some members on an audio tape of the event and in prior discussions. The poisonings in Jonestown followed the murder of five others by Temple members at Port Kaituma, including United States Congressman Leo Ryan, an act that Jones ordered. Four other Temple members committed murder-suicide in Georgetown at Jones' command. [link to en.m.wikipedia.org (secure)] And the big conspiracy being that there is no real way to tell if it was a government job, or self inflicted? I think I got it now. 5 Stars. There has been talk of my ultra and Jones being a CIA asset but I have no idea how much truth there is to any of that stuff. There is audio of the final speech to his congregation as well as the passing out of the flavor-aid. It’s pretty fucked up but worth listening to f you are interested in Jonestown. ESP83 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72063207 United Kingdom 11/06/2018 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How do you think the US would have handled the Jonestown incident had there not been the mass suicide? Guyanese physician Dr. Leslie Mootoo conducted cursory examinations of 100 bodies. Mootoo found that 83 of the 100 bodies had needle puncture wounds on the backs of their shoulders, suggesting that a majority of the victims were held down and injected against their will. Because they could not have legally chosen to die, all 260 children were considered murdered. In all, Mootoo estimated that over 700 of the bodies were victims of murder. That camp. Pull it. |
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