1 Yeah. Wow. I'm convinced. I can just see the halo through that drug-induced haze. (His, not mine.)

Yer tryin ta sell me on a guy who married yoko friggin ono? The stalker fan and vomitous poet?

2 Uh-huuuuh.
Sure am.
See? I KNEW to save the email from Velociman and my reply. I knew I'd need it.
Hang on...lem'me go get it...

Okay, here it is...

"I agree with all ya said about John. He was rotten to death to his first family. Lord only knows what he might've done with the second one, had he lived. I do feel sorry for Julian and I like him loads more than I do Sean. I think he's (Sean is) 'a little' over-hyped...like his mom, whom I detest. Cynthia would've been my choice, myself. Much, much better-nicer, sweeter, prettier-person. Such a gentle and forgiving soul. Yoko is just...disgusting.
But, John's sometimes inhumane humanity is one of the things that makes him...so real. (Like seeing Ozzy Osbourne pick up dog shit-just like I have to sometimes.) He knew he was wrong. In spite of who he was...Beatle John, Lennon the public entity, the superstar rock-n-roller...all that didn't blind him to his own faults. He cared about it. He recognized his faults and at least wanted to try to change 'em. In a world largely populated with people who are too willfully blind to see their own personal assholery and it's often adverse effect on those around them, I respect John the most for that particular trait.
And, I love his songwriting and singing."

His 'sometimes inhumane humanity' is what makes him just a bit different. More real. Yeah, more like me. And, to see all the wealth and fame he had and how little difference it made...that just wipes me out. John has been gone for 23 years and I'm still learning from him, missing what he might have done, treasuring what he did do and wishing he were still here.
Now...how many other people can ya say that about?
For anybody, not just me....hell, my own mom is dead and I don't care. I miss John more. I still care more about his absence than hers.
I guess that makes sense, though. John Lennon never screwed my boyfriends...lol.
As for his taste in wives...pfft. I can't even begin to pretend to understand that...or my own Dad's, for that matter. (Although Kim, Dad's wife, is way less repugnant than Ono...) One thing I have figured out is that when ya love somebody, be it my Dad or John Lennon, ya just hafta accept some things ya may not like or understand. As long as THEY are happy...ya know?
Besides, I'll bet EVERYBODY does at least one thing that makes everybody else rear back and say "What da FUCK?"
I know I do...