Re: off the subject.. even more off the subject

david (dsalinas@leland.stanford.edu)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:27:37 -0800 (PST)

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 Clumsy9irl@aol.com wrote:

> he did it, responds with something about just reading Catcher and you'll
> understand...I don't..anyone care to explain?? I mean, I understand that if
> you were already nuts, that it'd only make matters worse, but Catcher
> definately does not make me want to go and kill John Lennon....Just wondering
> if any of you had the same impulse as he did..
> 
Well, the explanation most often given for this is that he felt that
lennnon was becoming a phony later on in his career and he wanted to save
him from this by killing him.  Of course, you could probably blame any
work that's complex for a crime to draw attention/justify yourself...
...,
david
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