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John was a little naive.

posted 16 years ago by SimplySteve
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Don't get me wrong, I love The Beatles and especially John. He was always my favorite. But when real questions about the state of the world were asked, his only response was always just to give peace a chance. Now that is always something to strive for as individuals, despite the fact we will always fall short of perfection. But our nations representatives can't go into Cuba, Iran or any terrorist cell and simply say "hey guys, let's just give peace a chance. OK." shake hands and sing we are the world. There is evil in this world we live in that will NEVER EVER give peace a chance! To me its a nice message, but too simple for the complex world we live in. Its more for your personnal life. My local priest said "we can't make the world care. WE just have to care."

What I like about John, as compared to todays "peace" celebrities, is his message wasn't about tearing down any specific country. He believed there was a certian hypocracy, or ambivalence, even within the peace movement itself. His was more of putting forth a positive message rather than always criticising. When he did criticise, which he certianly did, he spread it around. He didn't believe any nation to be more "peaceful" than the other. Also, he wasn't shy about criticising himself. IMO.

[–] kamarnut 16 years ago

I kinda had the same cynical attitude, but thinking
about what Gandhi did in India, and probably other
people in the world I'm ignorant of, I get the feeling
that there is a lot of potential for this kind of
action, even if I don't have the intellectual scope
to understand how it can work.

One thing that does stand clear and that's that it
would only work if there was complete unity. And there
never will be because not everyone could put their
complete faith in such peaceful tactics.

That's sad :-(

[–] moonbus69 16 years ago

On one segment of the DVD John did say that the Sixties weren't the complete answer, but just a glint of what could be possible for a better world.

I see him or people like Ghandi as an inspiring starting point... We all have to begin somewhere if we want a future worth living in (as opposed to just declaring a 'war on terror' - which is more simplistic and naive, IMHO).

[–] kamarnut 16 years ago

Brave and inspiring individuals take the first step
but all the steppers get shot
we need millions of steps for peace
and we'll never get them

p.s. I'm not picking on you moonbus69, but there seems to be a general understanding that his name is spelt 'Ghandi', when it's 'Gandhi'

p.p.s. I despise people who cerrect spelling.