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Camelot And The Void 3/10/2011 5:18:52 AM
The What If's Left Behind
Sometimes I think about how the world might have changed, in political and artistic aspects, if some who were taken away had been allowed to live out a natural lifespan.
I believe that JFK had the seeds of greatness within him. He was President for such a short time that that greatness could not reach its full potential. He and Jackie were beloved, maybe not so much for his political achievements as for the fact that they were young and beautiful fostering the illusion of an American Camelot. What could have been accomplished if Camelot had remained at least a little longer?
And what about John Lennon? Even if you disagree with his lifestyle and ideas surely almost everyone would have to admit he was a musical genius. What exceptional music might the world have been given if he had lived another thirty or forty years?
Dr. Martin Luther King was an exceptional man and leader. He turned the tide of history without committing or advocating one violent act. What treasures of his genius and inspirational spirit might we have enjoyed if he had not been taken away so soon and violently?
Just some questions I think about when I think of long ago and far away Camelot. 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