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topic by liz beech 3/4/2002 (13:28)

reply top some postings seem to receive a lot of replies, and others nothing at all. I haven't logged on for a few days, so have only today read nemesis' contribution - an article by Asma Barlas called 'Reclaiming the duality within ourselves'. I thought it summed up the personal/political contradictions which are so evident on this board, and was very pertinent. In trying to be 'right' I seem, inevitably,. to make someone 'wrong' and the very act of doing that creates conflict. The biggest problem I face is that everyone I meet believes they are doing their best. The small town in which I live is deeply divided along what can only be called ideological lines - between different forms of religion and spirituality, different political perspectives, different class interests, wide disparity of income and status. Not for nothing is Glastonbury called the English Jerusalem. Somehow a way has to be found to reach consensus, I sometimes wonder whether we might all do better to clean up our own backyards rather than taking on the planet - though I would not want to miss a piece of writing like Asma Barlas'

reply by Barb 3/4/2002 (17:47)

reply top Good food for thought. If everyone would wake up every day asking themselves 'What little thing(s) can I do to make this world a better place?' we might all be able to live in more harmony and peace together.

reply by John Calvin 3/4/2002 (19:22)

reply top Yoko Ono books prime ad spot in Piccadilly Circus Alastair Ray Monday March 4, 2002 Yoko Ono has booked one of the most high-profile advertising sites in the UK to propagate a message of world peace. The musician-cum-artist is paying an estimated £150,000 for a prime site in Piccadilly Circus in London to highlight the words of her late husband John Lennon's classic song, Imagine. It will carry the line 'Imagine all the people living life in peace'. There will be nothing on the poster to indicate Ono paid for its erection or that the words were penned by Lennon. According to outdoor advertising specialists Posterscope, the banner is likely to be seen by more than one million people a week, many of them overseas tourists. The banner, which will cover Nescafé's neon sign, was put up at the weekend and is due to remain for three months at an estimated cost of £50,000 a month. The site was sold by JCDecaux. The UK poster follows a period of activity in New York last year when Ono took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and also paid for posters in Times Square. In the wake of the World Trade Centre tragedy, some US radio stations banned the Lennon song as 'lyrically inappropriate'. The tune was listed alongside tracks such as Shot down in Flames by AC/DC and Black Sabbath's Suicide Solution, as being unsuitable for airplay. However, Ono said her late husband's song has a powerful message for the post-September 11 generation. 'The world certainly needs peace and a lot of love now,' she said. In recent years Ono's reputation has enjoyed a revival, a welcome change after years of being accused of contributing to the break-up of the Beatles. Last November she was one of 42 artists to take part in Art Tube 01, an attempt to inspire commuters on London's Piccadilly underground line by replacing advertising panels with artwork. Ono is due to unveil a bronze statue of her late husband at Liverpool John Lennon Airport on March 15. She will also open an exhibition of his drawings and lithographs, entitled Peace and Love, at the airport.