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Jonestown mass suicide

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发表于 2015-6-27 19:44 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2015-6-27 19:45 编辑 6 M9 i' c! k; J3 J
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New documentary explores Jonestown mass suicide+ Z2 N2 X5 O  b2 H1 A3 w) Y

, u: M: s( U8 R$ CTwenty-eight years later, what's left to say about Jonestown? Nine hundred members of a religious cult followed their fanatical leader to Guyana and willingly committed suicide by drinking a Kool-Aid-like mixture laced with cyanide.
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3 d7 h" K  I5 PWhat more could there be to the story? Plenty, it turns out.
, W, G  |$ J; W3 `, b. r7 b7 x" LI watched an advance copy of the new documentary, "Jonestown," by filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Sunday, and found myself drawn deeply into a macabre tale that I had little prior knowledge of.* O6 @/ E& U0 Y8 Q- c5 ]+ P+ u' L
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Nelson interviewed more than two dozen former members of Jim Jones' controversial Peoples Temple, including some who survived the Jonestown mass suicide -- which, by the way, looks more like mass murder now. And Nelson has unearthed dramatic video and sound recordings -- never seen or heard before that shed new light on the establishment, development and downfall of the Peoples Temple, right up until the moment Jim Jones passes out the cups.
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The most chilling part of the film is the audio tape of Jones urging his followers to choose death over persecution. I heard, for the first time, the emotionally-pitched debate between Jones and parishioners who would rather live than die in the South American jungle. It was like a scene out of Apocalypse Now, only this time, the killing was real. 8 I6 A) g0 G1 f! x
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I also learned that Jim Jones didn't suddenly take a hard left onto the highway of darkness. He was deeply disturbed from childhood, and is even suspected of abusing animals, something many experts believe is a hallmark of an emerging psychopath.6 Z9 V* I% m. x, Y0 @  _
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What's most tragic though is that Jones' followers don't come off as a cult of religious deviants. They were -- for the most part -- earnest people, attracted to the Peoples Temple for the sense of community they couldn't find in their own lives. It gave them a feeling of belonging, though as the years wore on and Jones' insanity escalated, membership came at an ever-increasing, and in the end, ultimate price.8 ]& C, m# h$ m( `
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