Death Tape

I just listened to the 'death tape' all the way through (whilst doing the ironing). As Andy says, it's a bit weird.
Random impressions/comments:-
Jim sounds stoned but calm and fairly lucid: he doesn't come across as a ranting tyranical maniac. Much of the tape contains a reasoned argument with a woman called Christine who is opposed to the suicide plan; she is not threatened or silenced, she is allowed to speak at length. Many other people speak on the tape, many in favour of the plan. There is a great deal of cheering and applause from the crowd, particularly when Jim says, 'We are not commiting suicide, it's a revolutionary act,' and, 'If this thing worked for just one day, it was worth it.' Admittedly it's an old, inferior quality tape, only sound, no pictures, and could easily have been edited/doctored by many people, but it really doesn't sound like the mass hysteria you might expect from900 people being forced (at gunpoint) to kill themselves. You can listen for yourselves, (it goes on a bit, so open a bottle of wine or something), at http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=ptc1978-11-18.flac.16&collection=opensource_audio..
Via Con Dios,
Dave. XXX