I am not supporting Turkish censorship but my instant reaction to it on the evening was "What an odd song to chose!". Lennon's trite political philosophy, even sillier than Bob Dylan's (which is pretty difficult to manage), seemed unlikely to go down well all around the world. What is the message? Everyone can live in harmony as long as everyone else gives up religion and becomes an atheist like me. Since the majority of people in most countries declare they had a religion this is a trifle arrogant isn't it? Not the way to wave farewell to the world after such a successful Olympics.
I'm not all that impressed with multi-millionaires preaching against possessions either.
