Posted by Smalls at syr-24-24-14-133.twcny.rr.com on November 30, 2001 at 12:19:49:
In Reply to: Just let it drop, bro. posted by Kiss lt on November 30, 2001 at 05:18:15:
: Look, It was all a misunderstanding that people still seem to be confused about. You get stuck in the middle of a mob of people who are far too quick to get upset. Smalls was shocking, because he's the one I respect most on the board aside from Kevin and Vincent.
What? You two ripped into an international treasure, a genius and a symbol of a generation, repeatedly and unrepentently. This attempt at being shocked at that... man, he was George Harrison, for God's sake. He was a Beatle, for God's sake. Do you honestly not understand the weight of that? Of the man's work in the band and solo?
The Beatles are secular saints, quite simply, is that hard to understand?
Shocked at me for defending that? For defending the honor of George Harrison twelve hours after he passed from this Earth? Jesus. I'm shocked you guys got off as light as you did.
And I cannot accept any reason why a person would do that to George... even if you didn't like the man or the music... except to piss people off because there's no reason a person in a nation with electricity wouldn't know that the memory of a Beatle is fucking holy. That you could more easily get away with slamming entire religions... because people of just about every faith loved him and loved them and loved the music.
Mike