Did John Lennon display civil-disobedience?
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That all depends on what you regard as civil disobedience. His anti-war stance with Yoko Ono was well publicised but was non violent, they did not believe that violence was the answer and engaged in peaceful protests.  In that case, the only civil disobedience he displayed was a non-violent and non disruptive one
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"Civil Disobedience" is one of the best things our founding fathers ever came up with... if enough like-minded people get together to stage a protest in a peaceful manner, it can shape policy. How brilliant was that?\n\nI feel this is one of our fundamental freedoms as Americans, and when the day comes that these sorts of people are hauled away as 'dissidents' or 'enemy combatants' and thrown in jail with no trial for life, that is the day America has failed as a Democracy. In China they just run over you with a tank.
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Yes it's true that Bob Marley wasn't the most faithful of all men and had a long list of vices. But so did Martin Luther King. I think what's important is that Bob Marley made people more aware of social injustice, peaceful rebellion, and that love that spreads through religious faith. He was not a Saint, but he spoke truth to power.
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Sure, how could you have been around when word of them started spreading like wildfire across the US, see their songs dominate the "Top 40" charts, watched them on the Ed Sullivan Show, and have NOT been a fan??\nDoesn't bother me a bit when I read negative comments about them from the younger crowd of today....a few days from now, when they are "old" like we are, they're going to hear the same negative stuff about "today's" music from the next generation of music lovers. What goes around..yada, yada, yada.\nStill No.1?? Not my first choice when I'm in a mood, but yes, in terms of one group that had the greatest impact on music in the last 40 years. \nOne song?? I'm gonna go with "Nowhere Man"...their harmonies were best on it, and Lennon's voice never sounded better.
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the day John Lennon fans came out to mourn, \nwhen I heard that he was murdered, that was shocking, but when I saw on the news the droves of people that came out in places all over to mourn, that really broke me up
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:}\nHe was reported to be Jw at one time\nIslam would never accept him.. the hole submitted thing dosn't wash well with Jackson and Islam
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That is an interesting question....\n\nThe obvious civil war between the communist North and the democratic South. The not so obvious civil war was probably between the Catholics and the Buddhist in South Vietnam. Howver, I think that can be described more as bloody protesting rather than a war.
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Personally, I believe it's just another protest song stemming from the Vietnam war (there were sooo many). For those too young to remember, Vietnam vets (of which I was one), were welcomed back to the U.S., not with open arms, but to protests and ridicule. \nThis song just bares that out...that soldiers, no matter what age, nationality, religion, etc, blindly follow the orders of others, without reservation or conscience. I'm not going to any long-winded critique about the song itself....it was just simply another example of the sign of the times.\n\nIn answer to your added details, I'd say anti-soldier. After all, you can't have one (war), without the other (soldier).
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I really admired John Lennon. I think his consciousness was expanded after the intensive LSD usage and the stay in India in the 1960s. He saw clearly. The day he died I was very upset. He was a guru for sure.
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Is he Aaron Lennon becoz i'm out.
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quote from John Lennon.  "yes JFK was a good president, but he died before he could let anyone down."  i liked that quote.
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Civil disobedience is still disobedience.
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First of all, I think you mean 'determined.'   MLKJ stood up for his beliefs and morals, despite death threats, being arrested, and being beaten many times.  He stood up for racial equality and peaceful protest, and made such a significant contribution to our country as far as civil rights is concerned.
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IMAGINE--   JOHN  LENNON
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It was a mixture of things. First off, they were managing themselves. 1967, Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager had passed away from a drug overdose. Another thing was that George had been doing his own thing and didn't really think that Lennon and McCartney were putting on a fair share of his music. Since Brian Epstein died, according to John Lennon, Paul was trying to emerge as the leader of Beatles. Another thing is they they pretty much lived in the studio. Sometimes, they had to bring in different people to play (Eric Clapton, Billy Preston) to ease the tension in the studio. The Yoko Ono thing was just the tip of the iceberg. She would be there with John all of the time. They even rolled her in on a hospital bed. So if you lock four people in a studio plus George Martin, plus the engineer, plus the studio staff, plus Yoko Ono (towards the end) for 2-3 years straight and then add on to it the crowd of fans outside the studio, you would go mad too.
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A lot of internal difficulties.  John Lennon was preoccupied with Yoko Ono, George Harrison did not get along with Paul McCartney's overbearing nit-picking, and their musical interests were heading in different directions.  George was interested in eastern music, John wanted to address social issues, and Paul felt that people hadn't had enough of silly love songs.  Hence the split.
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I would say Elvis or John Lennon