| John Lennon | | Date Created: Dec 08, 2006, 05:48 PM |
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The "War is Over! If You Want It." was a slogan coined by John Lennon when he and Yoko Ono were married and began an aggressive campaign for peace around the world. While many accused him of being naive, I find his ideas resonate vividly to this day, when we are again mired in a senseless, unnecessary and unpopular war.
Lennon knew his visibility could propel a positive, anti-war stance. Who will be this generation's John Lennon?
John Lennon was shot to death outside his home on December 8, 1980.
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 Here's a small sample of Lennon's quotes on peace and the concept of using the same methods to promote it that the warmakers used to create war:
"We're selling it like soap. Peace or War. That's the two products."
"People want peace. And you've got to sell it and sell it and sell it. So we do the bed-ins and they say, 'What? They're in bed? What's this?' And all we're doing really is donating our holiday. We get tired and it's...more convenient for us to stay in one spot than go around doing press conferences."
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
"We're all Christ and we're all Hitler. We are trying to make Christ's message contemporary. We want Christ to win. What would he have done if he had advertisements, T.V., records, films and newspapers? The miracle today is communication. So let's use it."
"My role in society, or any artist or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all."
To read Lennon at his best - an intellectual at the heights of his humorous but searingly vivid truths - read one of his final and most comprehensive interviews: John Lennon: The Playboy Interview .
If you prefer to hear his best post-Beatles musical work, I recommend Lennon Legend: the Very Best of John Lennon. |
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Random Notes:
Mr. Fish as usual.
After rejecting dullards like Santorum and Allen and many more in the '06 election, the bastards continue to fall one by one. First Rumsfailed, and now Bolton resigns. Now, the pressure is on the Dems and the public to actually make something of their newly elected power to force an accounting for the crimes that have driven this country into a horrible quagmire - not just in Iraq, but in domestic economics and our status around the world. I'm thrilled with the results of the election, but remain cautious to see if the Dems as a collective group have the backbone to make a difference.
If you're not optimistic about the politicians, at least we have the annual Darwin Awards, which recognize those who help our earth by thinning the gene pool in unique and often hilarious manners. Always worth a cringe-worthy laugh or two. |
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BUSH Series: Is this further proof Formula 1 is more technically advanced than NASCAR? Somehow, I think this may inspire some crazed NASCAR fan with too much time on their hands to attempt a similar feat with the ol' Bud car. Be careful with those chainsaws. Keep all fingers inside the vehicle at all times.
Emoticons for the COT: I think each of NASCAR's butt-ugly cars of tomorrow should be required to carry the new remote-control emoticons in the rear window. Whaddya think? Now we can tell when road rage takes hold. The TV networks could see each emoticon via GPS and have a graphic alongside each name as the running order scrolls across the top of the screen. Nice. |
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