4)Examples of real life obedience-My Lai massacre and Jonestown

Where and was the My lai massacre

In 1968 and happened in a small village in Vietnam during the Vietnam war

What happened in the My lai massacre

As many as 504 unarmed civilians were killed, tortured and gang-raped

Soldiers also blew up buildings and burned the village down to the ground

This was all under the orders of Lt William Calley

When and where did Jonestown occur

1978 in the middle of the jungle in Guyana,South America

What happened in Jonestown

Jim Jones, who was a pastor, manipulated mothers and fathers to give deadly drinks to their children and in a few minutes 912 people were dead

Jim Jones was able to do this by using persuasion techniques such as: self incrimination, suicide drills and distorting people’s perceptions