About three years ago, I saw a documentary on John Lennon that I found surprising, refreshingly so. Now, I am no expert on the man; what I saw was likely a very narrow view of his beliefs and practices. What I did see, however, was a view of peace that was compatible, or should have been, with a wide variety of viewpoints on the nature of war. Lennons take on things, according to this show, was to give peace a chance. Therein, he did not advocate pure pacificism, he left room for self-defense. He knew, seemingly, that disarmament of the world, would not happen rapdily. Instead, he advocated trying peace as a practice and seeing the results. He left it up to the person / group / nation to decide, though he was confident that peace would out because people liked the results. The love-ins and other spectacles were just that; they were designed to give him space to talk and create awareness of his ideas. They were meant to be provocative, in part, to garner attention to something more important.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:12:15 +0000
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