I think this thread is
I think this thread is teetering on the stupid. John Lennon, although I have never met him, seems to me to have lived a fantastic life during which he became a member of the biggest band in the world. His achievements in the world of music and art are legendary and speak for themselves. He is a hero to many and an idiot to others.As for his political views, they changed over different periods of his life it seems, as do many of us. But as none of us here appears to have had the chance to ask him, we’ll never really know for sure. At the end of the day, John Lennon was just a man, same as anyone and whether he was a socialist or considered himself one or not doesn’t really matter to anyone at all, least of all now he has been dead for 30-odd years.Is Imagine a socialist song? No, probably not. Does it chime with our beliefs? Yes in way but it is not a sung manifesto. Does it matter? No.What does concern me is that Google and the rest will direct people here via search engines and they will see a series of bizarre questions and answers, back-biting and general nonsense that do more to put people off socialism and our Party in particular than anything else. Comrades work hard to spread the word and encourage participation and then this kind of drivel undoes that in seconds. THINK BEFORE YOU POST!