Tom Bass, I missed the post you deleted but I would bet there was some truth to it.
John Lennon wrote some great songs that supported the cause of peace. Yet, in his life many times, he was temperamental and, at times, very difficult to get along with. He gave very little time to his first son, Julian, from his first marriage. During the time that he wrote the music for the album, Walls and Bridges (1974), his marriage to Yoko became so bad that she asked him to leave. For 14 months, he lived like a teenager and had an affair with May Ping. Near the end of his life he seemed like a much better man, though, I still fault any man who gives little time to one of his children. He gave plenty of time to his and Yoko's son, Sean.
I've heard many fantastic anti-war songs written and sung by artists who fight each other and don't know the first thing about gettting along with others. Some sing these songs because it is cool and it sells. I don't worship people just because they are celebrities. They put their pants on one leg at a time just like you and I. They have their faults and foibles, just like you and I, and in many cases, worse than you and I. I respect John Lennon and love much of his music. I respect some of the actions he took with regard to the peace movement, although I also realize that some of his actions were motivated more by the celebrity need for attention, than any need for peace. I hate it that he was lost to the world before his time. But he was far from perfect.
Having said all that, I still respect and honor his memory, music, and some of the ideals he strived for. Just because he failed to embody those ideals perfectly means nothing. None of us do.
