Post by jrmugz on Dec 18, 2016 3:53:02 GMT
No emotions allowed, just honestly what you truly think.
I give him about a 4, which isn't so bad considering I give myself about a 2 or 3.
The bottom line is, I would be devastated for my kids, if they had to have him as a father: no church, no standing up for unborn human life, constant f-words, no sense of modesty, totally saw women as objects. In his last Rolling Stone interview, he was showing porno magazine pictures to the guy interviewing him and commenting on them. Just too often behaved like a jerk, in my humble opinion. His music was great, but that was just one part of him.
But that's my measuring stick of people, is would I be happy or sad for my kids if they were raised by someone, and in the case of John Lennon, I would be horribly sad for my kids if he was their father.
All those stupid pictures and videos, are just for show, JFK did the same thing, all those videos showing what a great happy family, all the while cheating on his wife 24/7 basically. It's all a bunch of crap. The more people show pictures of their family, etc., the less credibility they have with me.
The things I really liked about him were great songs like "Nowhere Man", and he was brutally honest. Like Ringo once said, when John would talk to you, he would give you his soul, just really talk how he honestly felt. I also like that he would say he freely admits that the reason why him and others were for peace and love, was because they were basically not peaceful human beings, but tormented human beings who lashed out a lot. I thought it was cool how he was candid about that.
So I think in many ways he was great for his honesty, and did have some wise perspectives, but too much f-words, and nonsense, etc. So I give him a 4, meaning a work in progress.
Again, I rank myself worse, so hey.
Jim
I give him about a 4, which isn't so bad considering I give myself about a 2 or 3.
The bottom line is, I would be devastated for my kids, if they had to have him as a father: no church, no standing up for unborn human life, constant f-words, no sense of modesty, totally saw women as objects. In his last Rolling Stone interview, he was showing porno magazine pictures to the guy interviewing him and commenting on them. Just too often behaved like a jerk, in my humble opinion. His music was great, but that was just one part of him.
But that's my measuring stick of people, is would I be happy or sad for my kids if they were raised by someone, and in the case of John Lennon, I would be horribly sad for my kids if he was their father.
All those stupid pictures and videos, are just for show, JFK did the same thing, all those videos showing what a great happy family, all the while cheating on his wife 24/7 basically. It's all a bunch of crap. The more people show pictures of their family, etc., the less credibility they have with me.
The things I really liked about him were great songs like "Nowhere Man", and he was brutally honest. Like Ringo once said, when John would talk to you, he would give you his soul, just really talk how he honestly felt. I also like that he would say he freely admits that the reason why him and others were for peace and love, was because they were basically not peaceful human beings, but tormented human beings who lashed out a lot. I thought it was cool how he was candid about that.
So I think in many ways he was great for his honesty, and did have some wise perspectives, but too much f-words, and nonsense, etc. So I give him a 4, meaning a work in progress.
Again, I rank myself worse, so hey.
Jim