Jonestown

Just finished viewing a television program
...based on what happened to over 900
people...some years ago...at Jonestown...
Guyana...my country of origin. Over the years when people asked...and I've told
them I'm from Guyana...they have often
shaken their heads...and said knowingly...
"Oh...Jonestown". The ripples from this
mass suicide...or murder...continue to
roll on through time...in many ways...including sometimes making Guyana
a synonym for "The Jonestown Happening". Tonight I was saddened again...looking at a program about this diabolical event. Many thoughts came to me. The one that was more insistent than the many others was..."That's the kind of thing that can happen when people stop thinking for themselves...and give their power away to other people to make decisions about their lives". One of the biggest parts of this tragedy...was the number of children who perished...who themselves...did not make the decision to go to Jonestown...but were taken there...by those who were..."older and wiser". There is so much more I could say about this. Perhaps I'll do so another time...and wish the people of the world...who are longing for something finer in life...to do their own independent investigation...before they become the disciples of fools and mad men........
..............................Quester.