Yoko Ono Displays John Lennon's Bloodied Clothes

[onehandle]

NEW YORK — A new John Lennon exhibit is particularly emotional for his widow, Yoko Ono. Besides Lennon's guitars, letters and other personal effects, it also includes a paper bag containing the bloody clothes from the night he was shot to death.

Ono received the items from the medical examiner in December 1980, when the former Beatle was gunned down in New York City at age 40.

"It was hard to include," Ono said. "And I thought it might be criticized as well."

But ultimately, Ono thought it was important to let people see the effects of gun violence.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/12/yoko-ono-displays-john-le_n_202702.html

[H2O Man]

1. Yoko

is a fascinating person. I've admired her, since she was publicly idenified with John in the 1960s. I'm still amazed that some people resent her; yesterday, a couple DJs on a Binghamton, NY radio station were attempting to make fun of her. I'm glad that she included those clothes.

[mopinko]

15. people who resent yoko

show a lot more about themselves than they do about her when they talk.
she had a good many accomplishments before she met john, and since his passing. most people think all she did was "break up the beatles." a pity that she is so much in his shadow, still.

[H2O Man]

16. Right.

I'll admit to not knowing of her, before she was with John. But I know a bit about her now, and think she is wonderful. The fact that she makes some people uncomfortable is a good thing.

Sean and Yoko recently bought some Koi from the sister of a friend, for their place in Franklin, NY. And, as the very few people who read my recent "pond post" know, I like Koi.

[mopinko]

18. sorry i missed that.

i like koi, too, but don't have a pond.

yoko was very important in the history of performance art. i didn't know about her back then, either. but she really helped invent that whole artform.

[Hissyspit]

24. She was an important conceptual artist with Fluxus before John met her.

And her musical work was a continuation of that conceptual art work. She was highly influential on a generation of avant-garde and other (including women) musicians. (Just listen to the first B-52s album!) Anyone who mocks her without knowledge of her just says more about themselves than her (as the previous poster said), not that she is not open to knowledgable critcism.

[CreekDog]

31. Nobody should knock her singing

She's at least as good as Bob Dylan. :hide:

[Echo In Light]

17. I've always found it shameful how she was attacked by so many...

...and very hostile, petty, personal attacks, too.

K&R for them both

[tridim]

21. She's a good person and I respect her as long as she's not "singing" nt

[pnutbutr]

2. I wonder if

she would have included them if he had been stabbed to death. She wouldn't be able to make a political statement against guns so I doubt it.

[H2O Man]

3. Or if he died

of old age. Darned her.

[KittyWampus]

4. If someone attacked Lennon with a knife, there's a greater chance he'd have fought back

and possibly lived.

[RetroLounge]

6. Stop using logic.

Gun Nutz don't do logic very well...

RL

[pnutbutr]

7. if he had a gun

he could have defended himself. If's suck though especially when talking about the past.

[H2O Man]

8. Brilliant.

Perhaps you are unaware of the circumstances.

[KittyWampus]

9. You are the one who began with conjecture. I just followed suit. And Lennon's attacker

didn't say "Woo-hoo JOHN, turn around so I can shoot you" thereby giving Lennon a chance to defend himself.

[onehandle]

11. John Lennon was...

Shot In The Back

[H2O Man]

14. Yes, but still

if Lennon had been properly armed, and had been shooting those he considered suspicious, maybe this wouldn't have happened. It was selfish of him not to take such a precaution, and this put innocent lives at risk. I blame Yoko. And John's mother.

[progressoid]

22. Happiness is a warm gun

Happiness is a warm gun
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun, momma
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
When I hold you in my arms
(Ooooooooohhh, oh yeah!)
And when I feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm
Because happiness is a warm gun, momma
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
-Yes it is, it's a warm gun!
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Happiness is a warm, yes it is...
GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Well don't ya know that happiness is a warm gun, momma?
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Yeeeaahhh!

...............................................
Or
...............................................

let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
flagellation, regulation, integrations,
meditations, United Nations,
Congratulations.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

...........................................
Or
...........................................

All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.





He doesn't really seem to be the gun toting type does he?

[polmaven]

23. OMG...

Do you KNOW how he was killed? Have you SEEN the security tape? There was no "face off" here. No twenty paces involved.

Why is it that so many still think that guns and knives are no different?

[pnutbutr]

26. because

it's the person holding the weapon that is the problem, not the weapon.

[polmaven]

30. And you see no difference

in having to actually approach someone to attack or being able to shoot from across the room. Amazing.

[WolverineDG]

27. Hard to defend yourself when you're shot in the back nt

[mopinko]

12. yes she would

she is against any sort of violence. she is also quite unflinchingly honest. i am sure she would have.

[Tuvok Obama]

19. Or licked to death by kittens

However, the fact is that he was shot with a gun, and Yoko is showing the effects of gun violence. Pointing out that another method could have been used does not change that fact.

No other weapon (knives, kittens, etc.) is capable of delivering five hollow point bullets in under five seconds.

[SOS]

28. Chapman was on the sidewalk.

Lennon was 20 feet away inside the arch cover of the driveway.
The doorman was there with Lennon.
He was shot from that distance in the back.

A knife would not have been feasible under the circumstances.

[RetroLounge]

5. Here come the gun nutz...

:popcorn:

3-2-1

RL

[Missy Vixen]

13. I'll join you for some popcorn

This ought to be interesting.

:popcorn:

[chrisa]

37. As a pro-gun, pro-second amendment poster,

These people embarass me.

[Iggo]

10. Lennon deserved to die...

...because he didn't carry a gun.

I will hear no other arguments.

[mitchum]

35. No, for contributing to Sargent Pepper's

[JVS]

39. I gotta admit that I can't imagine Ted Nugent letting someone get the drop on him like that.

[Beam Me Up]

20. Good for Yoko. n/t

[petronius]

25. John Lennon was shot? Wow...

:shrug:

[LaPera]

29. 1980 - A month after Republican Ronald Reagan won the presidency - A "new dawn" for America!

:puke:

[OneBlueSky]

32. I STILL miss John Lennon . . .

one can only imagine the contributions he would have made had he lived . . . what a tragic waste his murder was . . .

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[Wednesdays]

34. K&R

:kick:

[mitchum]

36. Didn't they have very strict handgun laws in New York at the time?

[onehandle]

38. He brought the gun into the state without bullets. New York law prevented him from buying bullets.

He traveled to Atlanta where a friend gave him hollow point bullets.

Then returned to NYC.