‘Imagine Peace’ – Yoko Ono takes out full page ad in New York Times

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01/01/13 15,898 Views 32 Comments

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YOKO ONO CONTINUES to spread a message that was so dear to her late husband John Lennon.

Plain, dramatic and effective advertising was used by the couple back in the late 1960s with their song Happy Xmas (War is Over) and today’s ad in the New York Times evokes memories of those billboards.

It also directs readers to her website, Imagine Peace.

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Celtic Lady 01/01/13 #

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All we are saying …. Is give peace a chance. My inner hippie is thrilled.

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Paul Wallace 01/01/13 #

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Wow such bitter comments on here..

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- Paddy Murphy 01/01/13 #
  
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  Well she’s only dedicating her life to try help establish World Peace Paul. Going by the comments above she has to help people on the street, join the army for a few years, cut all ties with John lennons name and be more productive with her time before some lads and lassies are happy.
  I’d imagine this is what the four commenters do with their lives or they’d hardly judge her so quickly . Fair play guys well done
  
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Celtic Lady 01/01/13 #

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Forget about Yoko if you want to. The message remains.

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Barry Sweeney 01/01/13 #

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Best ad of the year

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Dhakina's Sword 02/01/13 #

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If you can’t imagine peace, then it’s unlikely that you will ever achieve it. Imagination is one of the key features of humankind, that allows us to think of alternative realities to the one that we currently exist within. Without imagination, we would be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. Yet somehow, even with our imagination intact, we still seem to be repeating those very same mistakes. It seems that our ability to be creative and imaginative, is not enough to repel the parasitical elements within our societies. Give peace a second chance.

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Joe Sixtwo 01/01/13 #

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Great stuff Yoko.

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Johnny O Connor 01/01/13 #

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If she was good enough for john, she is good enough for me

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Dario Matteini 02/01/13 #

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IMAGINE JOBS

Dario

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jim ahh jim ahh jim 01/01/13 #

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I believe she is taking part in the next ‘I’m a celebrity, get me out of here’

She should do well, after all shes been living off a dead beatle for over 30 years !!

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- Gillian DeFaoite 01/01/13 #
  
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  You’ve been living off that joke for about 5 years.
  
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- jim ahh jim ahh jim 01/01/13 #
  
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  Gillian,
  I must be out of the loop, i only read it about a month ago and thought it was funny.
  
  I mustn’t get out as much as you
  
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Michael O'Reilly 02/01/13 #

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Yoko was always cool !

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Sacha Mahady 02/01/13 #

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What would chuck Norris say and do. Imagine that.

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- Tomy Iona 02/01/13 #
  
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  Seeing that Chuck Norris is “Celebrity Spokesperson” for the NRA I’m not sure he’d be the ideal candidate for trying to imagine peace.
  
  We need a new candidate for the chuck norris jokes. I’m sure people can imagine a more suitable character than that dope.
  
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Nigel Nix 02/01/13 #

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Well done Yoko!

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Paddy Murphy 01/01/13 #

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Has to be played while reading..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8

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- thatsit 01/01/13 #
  
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  It sur.e does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9tqHLmPDUk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
  
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- Paddy Murphy 02/01/13 #
  
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  I think my ears just started to bleed near the end of that
  
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Huey 01/01/13 #

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Imagine being a multi millionaire and having the money to spend on ostentatious stunts like this.

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- Emmet Purcell 02/01/13 #
  
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  *John Lennon’s money
  
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- Tomy Iona 02/01/13 #
  
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  He married her, he died and she’s after doing something that honours the spirit of John. Why is it an issue? So many people are just so naturally negative – it’s the new year lads, give positivity a chance!
  
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Randy Fisher 02/01/13 #

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I can imange me in a 1970 cadillac convertable with a woman with big tits while eating a greasey hamburger with no f in care in the world. That is my peace.

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Terence Reynolds 01/01/13 #

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Full of sh1t

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Mary 01/01/13 #

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Wow clearly too much time and money on her hands

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- Michael J Collins 01/01/13 #
  
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  Why not give the money to the street dwellers. I’d lock her up.
  
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- Gavin O'Connor 01/01/13 #
  
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  A spell in the army would do them the world of good
  
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- Buckwheat MacMillan 01/01/13 #
  
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  She really is a one trick pony, she’s been foisting off John Lennons legacy for the last 30 years
  
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- Tony Skillington 01/01/13 #
  
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  Why Michael?….for spending her own money?
  
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Sacha Mahady 02/01/13 #

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Dahkina when was it given its first chance. Seriously too. When.

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- Dhakina's Sword 02/01/13 #
  
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  That’s my point Sacha, peace was never given a chance in the first place.
  
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HitchSlap2070 02/01/13 #

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Why not give the money to charity instead ? What does she think she will achieve by paying to have that on the front page of a newspaper ?

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