tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post2053957155386097190..comments2024-02-26T15:44:52.779-07:00Comments on A View From Planet Boulder: DON'T DRINK THE KOOL AIDDEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535087176533944091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-63969940398734847792011-01-03T20:11:05.297-07:002011-01-03T20:11:05.297-07:00Jim Jones (born and raised in Indiana by the way) ...Jim Jones (born and raised in Indiana by the way) induced his followers to drink Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid. They died drinking grape flavored Flavor Aid laced with cyanide and some other sedative. He was a communist, illegal drug user, and committed much adultery, with men as well as women.Bizzy Brainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-83411362348874260502010-11-11T23:10:34.562-07:002010-11-11T23:10:34.562-07:00I don't find it offensive. I never even realiz...I don't find it offensive. I never even realized it referred to an opposing viewpoint. I thought it just meant don't let yourself get brainwashed. If I stop and think about it I can see how it would ring as painful for anyone who was close to that tragedy. In that way, I suppose it is distasteful. Otherwise, I think it's a pretty good warning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-68926359998304619812010-11-11T18:01:26.732-07:002010-11-11T18:01:26.732-07:00While I can understand how some people would be of...While I can understand how some people would be offended by the flippent use of a phase "coined" by such a tragety, I am not. This does not mean I am not sensitive to how it might impact others. Much of history is pop culture - the myth being mighter than the fact - as a result our culture is filled with such flippent sayings e.g. the Lizzy Borden poem comes to mind, but I am sure if I had the time to ponder this I could come up with many, many examples. Death in our culture is so unpleasant a topic that in order to make ourselves comfortable we need to inject humor into the most difficult of situations; flippant namesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-44788665459888660752010-11-11T14:48:34.722-07:002010-11-11T14:48:34.722-07:00The beginnings of a good rhetorical analysis.The beginnings of a good rhetorical analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com