"Dave Blandston" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>
Very cool and colorful. I think it's great just the way it is.
>
> PS - I'm not sure if the phrase "Drink the Kool-Aid" is known worldwide, so for
> anyone unfamiliar with it the historical context is from the Jonestown, Guyana
> mass suicide incident in which hundreds of people knowingly drank grape Kool-Aid
> poisoned with cyanide.

Yes, I remember that. It's still hard to believe that people can be so gullible,
or blind to the idiocy of a charismatic 'leader.' Of course, here in the U.S, we
have kind of a similar problem right now... ;-)


> Since then the term has been used to describe the act of compromising one's
> integrity and adopting the unethical standards and methods of those in power in
> order to advance within some corrupt organization.

That I didn't know.

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