Collingwood found the candle and lit it. England gladly seized the opportunity of injuring her enemy and sent aid to the people of Spain. But once Austria was disposed of, Prussia and Russia met their punishment for having given her secret or open aid.
This province, having taken depositions in regard to it, with the aid of the said letter, adjudged Japon accordingly. This is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by clicking here. More From Forbes. Nov 11, , am EST. Edit Story. Mar 29, , pm EDT. Eventually the entire Ryan party plus the group of Jonestown defectors drove to a nearby airstrip and boarded planes, hoping to leave. But Jim Jones had sent armed Temple members his creepily-named "Red Brigade" with the group, and the Red Brigade opened fire, killing Ryan, one Temple defector, and three members of the media -- and injuring eleven others.
Those who survived fled into the jungle. When the murderers returned to Jonestown and reported their actions, Jones promptly started up what he called a "White Night" meeting, inviting all Temple members. But this wasn't the first White Night. On various occasions prior to the murders, Jones had hosted White Night meetings in which he suggested that U. Faced with this hypothetical invasion scenario, Jones offered Temple members these choices: stay and fight the imaginary invaders, head for the USSR, head for the Guyana jungle, or commit "revolutionary suicide" in other words, mass suicide as an act of political protest.
On previous occasions when Temple members mock-voted for suicide, Jones tested them: Temple members were given small cups of liquid purportedly containing poison, and were asked to drink it. They did. After a while, Jones revealed that the liquid didn't contain poison -- but that one day it would.
And, by the way, he had been stockpiling cyanide for years not to mention piles of other drugs. On the final White Night, Jones was not testing his Temple followers. He was killing them all. Flavor Aid -- a grape-flavored beverage similar to Kool-Aid. We'll get back to that last one in a moment. Jones urged Temple members to commit suicide in order to make a political point. Some discussion ensued -- an alternate plan put forth by Temple member Christine Miller involved flying Temple members to the USSR -- but Jones prevailed, after repeatedly telling his followers that Congressman Ryan was dead, and that would bring the authorities soon an audiotape of this meeting exists, and is just as creepy as you'd think.
Jones first insisted that mothers squirt poison into the mouths of their children using syringes. As their children died, the mothers were dosed as well, though they were allowed to drink from cups. Temple members wandered out onto the ground, where eventually just over lay dead, including more than children.
Guy 1: That new substitute is soo cool! Guy 2: Man, quit drinking the kool aid. Drinking the Kool-Aid. To blindly follow and support a cause, sports team, religion , protest , political figure, etc. Example 1: Mike: So who did you vote for in this past presidential election??
Jim: I voted for Obama!! Mike: Why? Was it his promise for change? His economic policies? Jim: Huh?
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