When John Lennon was shot, I consciously refused to acknowledge the name of the shooter. I’m not even sure I could name the person today. I don’t want to be able to.
The guy did it for fame. F that noise. [ folks: please do not include his name in a response to this post ]
Lennon was far to the Left of me. It was a source of sorrow for me to realize that. Hey, it was what it was.
Both he and McCartney, and the other members of the Beatles created music that is still very popular and used all over the place 50 years later. Those songs/melodies will be popular 500 years from now. That deserves some credit, some acknowledgement of just how special those times were.
For some malcontent to come along and shoot one of the guys down on a city street, really pisses me off to this day.
For the record, I seldom listen to music. It’s just not my thing. After about ten minutes of music on in the background, it grates me almost as bad as fingernails on a blackboard. It always has.
None the less, you should be able to acknowledge truly great artists for the work they put out, even if you do have massive differences regarding their political ideology. And with Lennon, I did, do, and always will.
I’m not sure how you achieve it, because we should have access to mass killer’s names, though I sure don’t like the idea of them being modern day villains, well known for the disgusting crimes they have committed.
I’m not sure how you achieve it, because we should have access to mass killer’s names, though I sure don’t like the idea of them being modern day villains, well known for the disgusting crimes they have committed.
They could do this and promote it.
They will not until pressured to do it by others.
They love mass murderers who use guns. It gains them enormous ratings, thus money.
They believe it advances their political ambitions. They care nothing for the lives lost, which they see as, at worst, collateral damage in their Holy War against any limits on government power.