A night for John Lennon words & music. Dedicated to NYC and it's people.

Tuesday, October 2nd @ 8pm(ET)

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His music inspired a generation and continues to influence the world. Now Turner Network Television and The WB proudly present a live simulcast of a very special musical event: COME TOGETHER: A NIGHT FOR JOHN LENNON'S WORDS & MUSIC. A concert of prayer and healing for New York City and its people, the live broadcast will air on Tuesday, October 2 at 8 p.m. ET from Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey will host the spectacular event, which will feature some of today's best musical talents -- Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Yolanda Adams, Billy Preston, Craig David, Natalie Merchant, Rufus Wainwright, Sean Lennon and more -- in unique performances of Lennon's most beloved songs. Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Julia Stiles, Steve Buscemi and Tim Roth will be special segment presenters. For more information on John Lennon and his music go to AOL Music, Keyword: John Lennon.

Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit New York City relief organizations including the American Red Cross, September 11th Fund, International Association of Fire Fighters, New York Fraternal Order of Police WTC Fund, The National Organization for Victim Assistance, and The Twin Towers Fund in addition to the Violence Policy Center, The Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March. For donations and more information, go to: http:// www.helping.org

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I now must ask you where and how did the terrorists create that philosophy? The countries that I mentioned that we have already bombed in past are the same countries that you mentioned. With Japan, when we bombed them, we came back and helped them rebuild their country. Now, Japan have greater respect for us. We do not see Japan terrorists coming down here. But, we did not do this to Afghanistian or Sudan or Iraq or Libya. And we wondered why the talibans are carrying america made stingers. Why did not we go back and disarm the population and feed their children? Do you think Bin Laden would be sucessful in building his empire if we did just that, go back and help these afghan people? To me, a hungry child well fed does not make a good terrorist. Same thing with the Iraq, why did not the US go in and capture Saddam? He is a war criminal. It seemed to me that we have this bad habit of just bombing the population and not solving the real problem which create more terrorists.

I really cannot understand why we should nuke a country or two based on this theory that the government has to defend and protect me or you. The world have enuff nuclear bombs to destory the earth seven times or more. I agree that the government's duty is to protect and defend its' citzens. I agree we should "smoke em" terrorists out. I have to ask myself why the government did bother to chase and arrest 600,000 pot heads including me who grew a plant because the government used this excuse, to defend and protect you, while the terrorists breeze thru the borders. So what makes you think that the government is going to do its' job which is to defend and protect our rights to freedom? Because you or that philospher said so? There is no doubt only less than 10 terrorists arrested and went to court last year. In my book, only person who can truly defend and protect my freedom is myself. I know what is like when our "government" invaded my house. I know what is like to be accused by unknown informer. I know what is like when the "government" said no charge if your son snitch. I am under no illusion that America do have freedom and liberty.

For I want you to understand that your first comment would grace every major newspapers while my comments would never be printed. I am not here to get you all worked up. I love my country and I do not fear our "government". You said we should just bomb or nuke these countries and then, deal with the "mistakes". Why should we compound mistake after another mistake? So you can feel safe? I agree that we should go after the terrorists if we do have the evidence. Yes, we are in danger. Our greatest danger is not the terrorists. We need to understand that it can be right here. Someone said in the movie "Patriot", "it is not one tryant 3 thousand mile away that is the danger, but the 3000 tryants right under our nose." I can tell you the names of several countries that are great however, that does not answer the question, why do we think we are the greatest? Do we truly pratice what we preach? Do we like what we see in the mirror? My daily newspaper are printing statements like Kill them, Revenge! and I am so proud of my plastic flag. I do not like what I see in my mirror.

I am going to defend my freedom and liberty what is left by holding on to this thought of what John Lennon said. "All we need is Love and Give the Peace a chance."

FBI terrorized the people and yes children of Waco, Ruby Ridge, Rainbow Farms for what? They had a different life style in Waco and were fairly peaceful, yes yes Korash (sp) supposedly did some spanking and had some strange view on marriage but to kill all those people?

And our friends at Rainbow Farms - The FBI had a tank and highy armed people acting as observers - I think one ofthe observers shoot Tom what 8 times I heard? He was one of the most peaceful people around.

The terrorists are using the tools that we have capitalized on and used many times. I know the Japanese attacked us I am not that dumb. I have been on the Arizona and rode past it everyday on my way to school (by boat) as well as viewed the bullets holes in Buildings at Hickam. But the war was almost over and were still dropped not one but 2 nuclear bombs. I presume we would have dropped another (terror).

The naplam and agent orange are still having the poor effects on people. I still see that young girl walking down the road burned to a crisp. Yes we did a great job there just as we are doing a great job on the citizens of the USA who just want a little peace a quiet and smoke some pot for medicinal use.

So yes the police we have are terrorizing some of the people of our great land.

The School of the Americas, the School of the SWAT, the FIA on our own people.

I'm not sure what any of this means or what it has to do with terrorism. Could you enlighten me? I honestly don't know.

We also are the ones promoting biological warfare - Agent Orange in Vietname, Roundup Plus and bacteria in Columbia, Nuclear radiation in Japan.

Agreed that using those chemicals in Vietnam and Colombia was environmentally unsound. Not sure that justifies nuking the U.S. And as for Japan, you will please recall that THEY ATTACKED US. And just as we decided to use nuclear weapons then in our own defense, we shouldn't rule them out now.

We also support terrorist countries - Noriega, Columbia, the Taliban, bin Laden etc.

Well might as well nuke the good ole USA since we create terrorists daily. The School of the Americas, the School of the SWAT, the FIA on our own people. We also are the ones promoting biological warfare - Agent Orange in Vietname, Roundup Plus and bacteria in Columbia, Nuclear radiation in Japan.

Sorry but the USA is also a terrorist state if yoyu consider these things. We also support terrorist countries - Noriega, Columbia, the Taliban, bin Laden etc.

I agree love and a move back to our Constitution might help.

We probably need another Boston Tea party before it is too late.

No. I am saying that some countries, the ones I listed, are sponsors of terrorism and should be dealt with as the threats to freedom that they are. Should we nuke them? If it comes to that, yes. We should use every means at our disposal to defend ourselves.

There is no higher value than a man's own life. Since September 11, I see the governments of terrorist nations as a very real threat to my own life and I expect my government, to whom I have agreed to give a monopoly on exercising violent power, to defend me with everything they've got. I'm not asking them to initiate violence; the initation of violence has already been perpetrated by people protected and supported by those countries I listed. I am now in imminent danger and I expect the U.S. government to keep up its end of the bargain.

I learned long time ago that there are three things that men should not fight over. Wine, Women and Religions.

I must repeat. This is not a war over religion. This is a war defending the citizens of this country against vicious attacks on our life and property. Just because GWB and all the congresscritters sang "God Bless America" doesn't mean I should refuse to let them defend me lest we begin a holy war. They're the only defenders I've got.

Of course, we did bombed them in past and did heck of a lousy job. We also starved them by sanctions. All in the name of defending our freedom?

I'll need your clarification on which countries you're referring to before I can address this directly. However, as I've said in other posts, whether or not my government has made mistakes in the past has no bearing on my claim that they are now required to protect and defend me today. If they've made mistakes previously (and I admit they have), we can deal with that once I am safe from foreign terrorists.

Why can we just defend their rights to freedom too? Why can we just feed the hungry children so they may not become terrorists?

I refer you to Onkar Ghate's quote in my previous post.

I beg your forgiveness, but our country is not the greatest in the world. We do not pratice what we preach.

Again, irrelevant to my protection. Nonetheless, I must ask which countries you feel are "greater?" I don't claim this country is perfect, only that it is the best. I'll gladly discuss why you might think otherwise.

And finally, we have no right to defend our freedom if it is truly us that created these terrorists in first place.

We did not CREATE these terrorists. These terrorists are the creation of a philosophy that despises the very idea of individual freedom that you and I cherish. Your argument is the same one used by drug prohibitionists to villify all drug users as responsible for terrorism. Drug users buy drugs. Terrorists are funded by selling drugs. Ergo, drug users are responsible for terrorism. That argument doesn't work against drug users and it won't work against the entire United States.

Sorry if my tone is harsh, ff. I just get worked up sometimes.

And you said,"Thankfully, that is true, as that is a war on U.S. citizens by their own government."

I have to disagree. To me, it is a war on everybody on earth wither if you do or do not do drugs.

I know you said that it was our noble intention not to make war against Islam but against the terrorists. However, there is just one problem with this statement, these terrorists are fighting based on their religious beliefs which might be misguided and hateful. I learned long time ago that there are three things that men should not fight over. Wine, Women and Religions. No one will win. Only way to win this hateful war is by Love.

"We in the U.S. live in the greatest country in the world. Our ethical foundation is individual freedom, and overall, we practice those ethics more consistently than anyone else. Defending our freedom by "bombing another country back to the stone age" is implicit in our right to self defense and necessary in this instance."

These countries are very poor. They are already in stone age and we did not have to bomb them back to the "stone age". Of course, we did bombed them in past and did heck of a lousy job. We also starved them by sanctions. All in the name of defending our freedom? Why can we just defend their rights to freedom too? Why can we just feed the hungry children so they may not become terrorists?

I beg your forgiveness, but our country is not the greatest in the world. We do not pratice what we preach. I am curious as to what would our response be if someone in the US actually did this terror on Sept. 11 instead of these so-called middle easterns terrorists and I am still waiting for the evidence.

Biggest danger I see in defending our rights to freedom is if we are our own worst enemy. Someone once asked Richard Nixon, our ex-president, when would the World War 3 start. He answered it has already started. That was back in 1970's. That was only honest statement he made in his lifetime.

And finally, we have no right to defend our freedom if it is truly us that created these terrorists in first place. Freedom is a diffcult concept these days. Do we have what I call "Plastic freedom" or truly a free country? Is Consitution still intact? Or has it been shredded into tiny pieces that it is not taught in any classroom in US anymore?

But we suspect that their ultimate goal is to provoke a world war between Islam and the West. All the talk of ''This is war, let's show them what we're made of'' and even ''bomb Afghanistan back into the Stone Age'' causes us to fear that our government, with the blessing of a public whipped into war fever, will give the perpetrators exactly what they want. ... All eyes are now on America to see how we respond. Our response will define our relationship with the rest of the world for generations. If we identify specific perpetrators or legitimate targets that threaten more of the same, then force is justified in removing these threats.

But our intention is not to go to war against Islam, it is to cut off terrorism at the knees, to permanently cripple its support structure. To think that we could carefully identify and eliminate all the terrorists in the world is akin to fighting cancer by targeting it one cell at a time. What does this author think? That all the terrorists wear or carry some kind of terrorist identification? And just like cancer, taking them out one terrorist at a time means there is always another there ready to take his place. The only way to solve this is to target the governments of those nations which tacitly approve terrorism and who, in so doing, declared war against us on September 11. This list includes Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Libya.

We in the U.S. live in the greatest country in the world. Our ethical foundation is individual freedom, and overall, we practice those ethics more consistently than anyone else. Defending our freedom by "bombing another country back to the stone age" is implicit in our right to self defense and necessary in this instance. Will innocent people be hurt? Maybe. But it's either take that chance or resign ourselves to more deaths here when the next terrorist attack occurs.

As philosopher Onkar Ghate noted recently: The U.S. government is simply the agent of its citizens, charged with one and only one responsibility: to secure and defend the rights—and very lives—of its citizens against aggressors. If in waging war our government were to consider deaths in enemy countries as a cost that must be weighed against the deaths of American citizens or soldiers, it would be violating its most basic function. It would no longer be an agent for our self-defense, but theirs.<\i>

I just couldn't say it any clearer myself.