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Drinking the Kool-Aid

Posted by: Samiuela LV Taufa on November 23, 2006 9:20:07 PM

Kalafi Moala has a great article on Drinking the Kool-Aid, Inu Lemani Mahi with another perspective on the Pro Democracy Movement in Tonga.

My slant on the cool-aid is not so much that the drunken (as yet to be officially confirmed) supporters, aided the by the adrenaline charged looters, may be drinking the cool-aid. What is beginning to worry me is from all reports that we are hearing from Tonga, and being pushed by the meta-reporting 'journalists,' the Pro Democracy leaders seem to be drinking too much of their own Kool-Aid.

Just as the former Prime Minister 'Ulukalala Lavaka 'Ata screwed up big time by not apologising, acknowledging the failures of the Royal Tongan Airlines/Brunei Airlines screw-up, the cool-aid drinking leaders of the Tonga Pro Democracy Movement can't get their minds around the big f*ck up this whole burning and looting of private property has been in Tonga.

The Pro Democracy Movement would have you all believe that to transition from a corrupt, inept autocracy where you feared for being screwed of your life's earnings is much better than the situation that they have orchestrated. Live in a Democractic Tonga where you no-longer fear of corruption in Government, but you darn sure fear for your life and property, you fear for your family's life, you fear for your friends lives and you fear whether your job will last until tomorrow.

Bodies lay strewn around a vat containing a beverage laced with cyanide The Government in Tonga continues to be pss poor when it comes to staying in touch with the general populace, relying on the continued good will of the Tongan populace. This arrogance is no more evident than the lack of investment in the Government Press, Tonga Chronicle. If you're going to let that die, you may as well kill it quickly so you can spend better time on talking to the people in other forums.

The Pro Demolition squad are doing a rip-roaring job influencing the sound-byte, meta research journalists. Just today I've spoken with a few people upset with the way the Australian news is representing Tonga (and they too are calling home to double check what the Australian news services are saying.) If you didn't know any better, the picture being painted of Tonga is like Rwanda or Somalia. They have no excuse, but the meta-journalists really are pressed for time, and in their field Tonga is not that important (sad to say?) Government and Pro Stablity people really need to step up the noise mill and get their words out.

When I first read the reports on what the Pro-Demolition Squad were saying, they reminded me of the reports of Germany during Hitler's rise to power, or Russia and Stalin's rise to power. Anything and everything is justified because the faithful believe in their rhetoric. Kalafi's article worries us more by alluding to something/someone more sinister.

In the meantime, watch what you're drinking these days. Some of the stuff offered out there can be hazard to your health, if not to others.

The Drink the Kool-Aid message brought by the People's Temple promised hope, and in this dysfunctional world the dream is alive (with them.)

Required viewing.

One of the last scenes in the trailer, is a view of Jim Jones silhoutted by images of Jonestown going up in flames. Something not too dissimilar with the imagery offered by the Times of Tonga and 'Akilisi Pohiva.

This video explores the origins of the cult responsible for over 900 deaths. It takes you throught its origins as the People's Church in Indiana. Founded by Jim Jones, he moves the group out to California and eventually down to Guyuna, South America.

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