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John Lennon's Murder "One of the Most Heinous Crimes of the Century"?
NewsBusters.org ^ | 11/21/2005 | NewsBusters

Posted on 11/21/2005 2:56:10 PM PST by Mike Bates

Last Friday on MSNBC’s “The Abrams Report,” Hoda Kotb made an appearance to plug that evening’s NBC “Dateline” program centering on John Lennon’s murderer, Mark Chapman. Ms. Kotb said that in listening to 100 hours of audiotape she was struck by Chapman’s being “so meticulous. He’s so calm. He’s so measured; all the while he is plotting out one of the most heinous crimes of the century.”

Lennon’s killing was tragic, as most killings are, but categorizing it as “one of the most heinous crimes of the century” is a gross overstatement.

This is, after all, the century in which we saw millions of people killed by Mao. Millions of people killed by Stalin. Millions of people killed by Hitler. And what of the more than 900 who died in 1978 at the hands of Leftist “Reverend” Jim Jones in Guyana? Then there were Leopold and Loeb, Susan Smith, Charles Manson, Andrew Cunanan, Timothy McVeigh, Dennis Rader, Charles Whitman, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, and Charles Starkweather. Moreover, there were Columbine, Heaven’s Gate, the Zebra Killers, the Tylenol murders, the Birmingham church bombing and the Atlanta youth murders. The list could go on and on.

The hagiography of John Lennon continues. “Dateline” describes “that fateful day when a generation’s voice was silenced.” I can’t speak for other Baby Boomers, but Lennon was surely not my voice. Yes, his murder was dreadful, but it certainly never will qualify as “one of the most heinous crimes of the century.”


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1 posted on 11/21/2005 2:56:11 PM PST by Mike Bates
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To: Mike Bates

Meanwhile, Yoko is standing right next to him, and not a single bullet.


2 posted on 11/21/2005 2:58:17 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
That is what makes the crime so heinous. Mark Chapman not only took John Lennon from us, he let Yoko live, free to torment us for decades to follow.

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3 posted on 11/21/2005 2:59:43 PM PST by speed_addiction (And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
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To: Mike Bates

Yeah... if you're a 14 yearold, pot-smoking doofus.


4 posted on 11/21/2005 3:00:03 PM PST by johnny7 (“Wish me Happy Birthday!”)
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To: johnny7

Or a member of the MSM.


5 posted on 11/21/2005 3:01:33 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: speed_addiction; dfwgator

Think he spared Yoko because of her incredible beauty and amazing contributions to culture?


6 posted on 11/21/2005 3:02:46 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates

Oh sure, look at these words, he is a saint to the left, and they are gearing up for the big push for their coming world utopia....working on the little ones under 20 who may not have parents playing them the ol stuff.

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Imagine no heaven...heaven is now and on Earth, they are working toward making it all right and mocking as often as they can anyone or things who has sights on the Biblical Heaven God of the Bible spoke of.

No countries, no religion, just peace - Yes that IS going to be THE End Times message and here it comes!


7 posted on 11/21/2005 3:03:57 PM PST by Esther Ruth (I have loved thee with an EVERLASTING LOVE, Jeremiah 31:3 Genesis 12:1-3 ***ZECH 12:3)
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To: dfwgator
Heinous, yes, but I can think of many heinouser.
8 posted on 11/21/2005 3:06:08 PM PST by Buck W. (Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
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To: Esther Ruth
Bob Dole, John Lennon, and what awaits us all
9 posted on 11/21/2005 3:06:25 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: dfwgator
“What happened here today was a miracle and I want you to fu_king acknowledge it!”

-Jules Winnfield, 'Pulp Fiction'

10 posted on 11/21/2005 3:09:07 PM PST by johnny7 (“Wish me Happy Birthday!”)
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To: Mike Bates
one of the most heinous crimes of the century

But think how bad it would have been if he had been a good musician.

11 posted on 11/21/2005 3:15:13 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mike Bates

Not a Beatles fan. No offense if you are.


12 posted on 11/21/2005 3:15:33 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mike Bates

Wow, who knew. Well more evidence that certain someones know well what to say and do to get votes from the crowd that believes in the B I B L E. So many giving it lip service while we are still a functioning democracy. But then again folks not only don't know but don't give a hoot who is driving Johnny and Suzy's bus or what their school teachers are teaching them, no one cares about their own kids, let alone who their politicians are, or well...just sheep being sheep, being led by the Trust Me Crew!


13 posted on 11/21/2005 3:17:33 PM PST by Esther Ruth (I have loved thee with an EVERLASTING LOVE, Jeremiah 31:3 Genesis 12:1-3 ***ZECH 12:3)
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To: Mr. Brightside

No offense taken. I've sometimes wondered why, as is often claimed, Lennon was the musical genius of the Beatles, his solo career was so poor why Paul McCartney has cranked out so many hits over the years.


14 posted on 11/21/2005 3:50:42 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Esther Ruth
Wow, who knew.

Not many of us, apparently.

15 posted on 11/21/2005 3:51:24 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates
I've sometimes wondered why, as is often claimed, Lennon was the musical genius of the Beatles, his solo career was so poor why Paul McCartney has cranked out so many hits over the years.

Agreed, Paul was the hitmaker post-Beatles, but we're coming up on that time of the year that reminds us that both Paul and John could suck equally--Christmas. Both of them wrote absolutely horrid Christmas songs.

16 posted on 11/21/2005 3:57:54 PM PST by randog (What the....?!)
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To: randog

At least Lennon had an excuse. He thought the Beatles were more popular than Jesus as I recall.


17 posted on 11/21/2005 3:59:50 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates

I respect the Beatles in that they broke loose a new kind of music. But I never cared for their tunes.

In the same way, the Wright Brothers are credited with being the first ones to get a plane to fly. But does not mean they would go on to build the best airplanes.


18 posted on 11/21/2005 4:01:57 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mike Bates
I was reminded recently of Lennon's "Imagine"...

"Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man."

I was reminded of these lyrics after Lennon's *purple Rolls Royce limosine* was auctioned for a million dollars. Too bad he didn't believe in what he sang.

19 posted on 11/21/2005 4:05:38 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

Yeah, power to the people, man. Especially the people who own a Rolls. Or three or four.


20 posted on 11/21/2005 4:09:37 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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