Re: Lennon "action figure" is cool.

McFeeley wrote:
> <rforman61@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1135093846.306419.160710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > fattuchus@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > I wouldn't say a Lennon action figure is the crassest thing, but it
> > > seems silly and a grab for money. I don't think John would have
> > > approved.
> > >
> >
> > As Francie pointed out, we don't know for sure what will happen with
> > the money so we can't judge too quickly. HOWEVER, I think all these
> > discussions might be a little too heavily weighted toward the matter of
> > whether or not John would have approved or not. Of course we can't
> > know for sure, but regardless, WE all have the right to individually
> > form opinions and make judgments about this regardless of what John's
> > reaction would be or would have been. Maybe he would have thought it
> > was the greatest idea yet, any one of us would still have every perfect
> > right to think it was stupid and insulting. Like, Paul McCartney may
> > have thought some of the things he did in the last twenty-five years
> > were perfectly good ideas ("Freedom", "Ebony and Ivory", "The Girl Is
> > Mine"?, pre-concert video biography, "Many Years From Now"), other
> > people have different opinions as to whether some of them were in good
> > taste, had aesthetic merit, or were silly and crass.
> >
> It never fails to amuse and amaze me when people start talking about their
> 'rights'.
>
> Being critical of the critics never suggests that they have no right to be
> disgruntled. *I* never said anyone here had no right to complain...of
> course, Yoko has a right to put it out and I have the right to bitch back at
> the bitchers.
>
> We ALL have our rights and reasserting that fact even when it's not being
> challenged always seems a bit desperate to me. Of course, there are some
> who use the ploy all the time, others who rarely mention it.

Okay, you're right, of course, "rights" is the wrong word to bring up,
noone's depriving anyone of any rights here. But I was just commenting
on the fact that some people seem to think that the fact that John
might hypothetically dig the doll idea, should put an end to the
discussion. I don't think it does.

richforman

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