OT - John Lennon
On Dec 8, 3:28*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> On Dec 8, 3:14*pm, merryb > wrote:
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> > On Dec 8, 3:06*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
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> > > On Dec 8, 3:02*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
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> > > > sf > wrote:
> > > > >John Lennon being shot didn't hold a candle to President Kennedy's
> > > > >assassination or 9-11. *
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> > > > Sez you.
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> > > > To me, Lennon being shot was completely senseless and came out of nowhere;
> > > > it was not just another atrocity in an ongoing, never-ending political
> > > > conflict like either Kennedy assasination or 9/11. *So there are respects
> > > > in which is was more impactful.
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> > > > (Yes, I remember where I was for all four events. *Oddly, I have
> > > > no memory of where I might have been when Martin Luther King was killed.)
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> > > > Steve
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> > > Every murder is completely senseless. The only reason we "celebrate"
> > > his death is that he was well known. His death is no more greater or
> > > lesser than anyone else who is gunned down for no reason. We have a
> > > strange obsession with celebrating someone's death.
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> > I agree with you- all murder is senseless. But...you must admit, the
> > Beatles were a big influence on many people. Like Jimi Hendrix, it
> > would be interesting to see what they would be doing now musically.
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> along the same line...there were people who they didn't influence.- Hide quoted text -
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