Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 16:08:35 -0500
From: George Trail <gtrail-AT-UH.EDU>
Subject: Re: PLC: Re: PLC L.A.: Re: Re: L.A.:Trail Blazer


>Or perhaps I should say, I haven't been used to taking
>>his political phase all that seriously - which is different.
>
>[Quite. Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do./Nothing to kill
>or die for, and no religion too.
>
>Well, I could say 'quite' here too, surely. It has been said that that
>last line is somewhat erm... trite?
>
>John

You mean, I take it, "nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too."

Trite, overused, hackneyed, worn out. I can't remember having ever
encountered it before, especially the "no religion _too_," which, I suggest
is hardly a common locution (emphasis mine).

Although I don't think the term applies here, Lennon certainly did use the
trite, in, I think, amazing ways. Perhaps you meant "banal," in the sense
of silly, or inane.

g




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