sexta-feira, 5 de março de 2010

Jim Jones and mass suicide

Shocking. A little disturbing. Maybe something like a good presentation. No, definetly a good presentation!
I trully enjoyed it. I didn't knew Jim Jones and his story raised a few questions.
Let's face it: how can't we question when we find out that a man (with an "a") took over thousand people to suicide? It's amazing in a horrible way!...

Although the brainwashing thing is quite similar, I don't think we can make a comparisson with Hitler and the growth of nazism. I mean, Jim Jones brainwashed people, but had some good intentions - he wanted to create the perfect society, equal and just; Hitler just wanted to kill the ones he thought didin't deserve to share the same world with him. But yes, they both lead a hole community to believe in them, and do horrible things.
However, you can't make me believe that all those people were totally 100% sane; even some germans, realising that the work camps were actually killing camps, changed their view about their believes. I am not saying that all the 900 people were mentally disable, but not the most critics and bright spirits.

The images were really well chosen, specially the ones after the cuicide. And it was well researched, too. We can get a new view of charisma...
Because Jim Jones was a charismatic person, and I don't deny that. Yes, it needs great charisma and abilities to make 900 kill themselves. More, make parents kill their children.



I've been listening to the last Jim Jones' speech, before the suicide. Yes, the man had talent.
And now I scared...

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