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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Pan, I have far more belief in you, than I do in Lennon's heroin induced lyrics and lifestyle. His death created an unworthy martyr, who abandoned his wife, son, and country for a celebrity slut, drugs and tax evasion. Love the lyrics if you wish, but Lennon was not a man worth worship.
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Ah, Elph, we disagree, and I can respect your view of Lennon, truly I can.
But what he taught, supercedes anything he could have done.
Not knowing his true relationship with Julia, I can't pass judgement. He might have been in a very bad marriage, or just very unhappy. It may have been far more painful for him to leave then we'll ever know.
As for Yoko, he seemed very happy and devoted to her and Sean. Why? I can never fathom but ....... to each their own and he seemed to be happiest in life with her.
As far as drugs, many, many great people have gotten mixed up in them and while it ruined their lives they were/are still great people. At the end of his life he had given them all up though, which is so sad because we'll never know what a clean John Lennon was capable of.
As for tax evasion, he wasn't the only Brit rocker to do so (I believe I read that at the time Britain had a 75% tax). Many of them did. Plus his popularity was based more in the U.S. than in Britain.
We're all human and we all have our flaws, John was no different, but we can overlook those flaws and see the teachings for the beauty they were and the messenger I believe was torn by the message and being human.
I don't worship the man, I worship his teachings and deeply respect his positive attributes while accepting his negatives as his being human. I cannot dismiss what he taught or the beauty of his tortured soul because of his flaws.... perhaps his flaws are what allowed him to be so beautiful. In that he was aware of his negatives yet believed if he worked at showing beauty and love he would eventually find peace.
But that's just my opinion.