Saturday would have been 70 this weekend. Mark David Chapman killed the ex-Beatle in front of the Dakota on Manhattan's Uppper West Side to answer his obssession with JD Salinger's THE CATCHER IN THE RYE. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His latest parole hearing ended with a denial of his freedom. Yoko Ono, John's widow, felt that the 55 year-old remains a threat to her sons. Some people deserve prison. Mark David Chapman is one of them, although I'm sure that John would have forgiven him by now.
Then again John Lennon was a saint for our times and beyond.
To hear his words please go to this URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b7qaSxuZUg
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