Is love the answer to the world's problems? (story)

[One_Liner]

In relation to “imagine” John Lennon himself refered to it as essentially a communist manifesto and said “us, we should have a nice … British Socialism” and so there is nothing misleading about what I said.

[Ultimate_Philosophy (Ultimate Philosophy 1001)]

@One Liner

In relation to “imagine” John Lennon himself refered to it as essentially a communist manifesto and said “us, we should have a nice … British Socialism” and so there is nothing misleading about what I said.

You are being dishonest. John Lennons full words are thus:

“‘Imagine’, which says: ‘Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,’ is virtually the Communist manifesto, even though I’m not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement.”[5] He told NME: “There is no real Communist state in the world; you must realize that. The Socialism I speak about … [is] not the way some daft Russian might do it, or the Chinese might do it. That might suit them. Us, we should have a nice … British Socialism.”[5] Ono described the lyrical statement of “Imagine” as “just what John believed: that we are all one country, one world, one people.”[7] Rolling Stone described its lyrics as “22 lines of graceful, plain-spoken faith in the power of a world, united in purpose, to repair and change itself”.[7][nb 1]

Further more, by “One World” he was not referring to a one world government or New World Order, but a world without government or politics, because in the song he says “Imagine no more politics”.

[One_Liner]

Yes, so he was a wife bashing communist, or a wife bashing socialist if you want to sugar coat it (no lies from my side).

[Ierrellus]

I thought Lennon’s song was about what the world could be like without -isms or -ists.

[One_Liner]

Sorry to shatter your illusion, it was a song about socialism but nevertheless he wasn’t a harmonious and peaceful gentleman.

[Ultimate_Philosophy (Ultimate Philosophy 1001)]

It was a song about enlightened anarchism.

Britain is less of a prison system than America and at the time, Britain didn’t have the extensive CCTV system it has now, so Lennon was referring to the most pleasant and non-restrictive government that he could.

[One_Liner]

@Ultimate Philosophy 1001

It was a song about enlightened anarchism.

Britain is less of a prison system than America and at the time, Britain didn’t have the extensive CCTV system it has now, so Lennon was referring to the most pleasant and non-restrictive government that he could.

Enlightened anarchism where John Lennon could make a shit load of money, bash women and abandon his children.

[Arcturus_Descending]

One Liner,

As a teacher, I predetermine the conditions for each child’s growth based on each individual child’s needs and through this hidden process the child grows and matures and hopefully, as they age, they remain as students and are lifelong learners (as I view myself).

Teachers are great, that is, if they’re good and caring ones.

I don’t know, One Liner. Can YOU actually predetermine those conditions? It seems to me that they have already been pre-determined by nature, ancestry, environment, et cetera. But what you CAN do is set up a structured plan and intellectual environment towards each child’s individual needs.

Are these Aboriginal children?