Posted on 04/22/2005 10:27:37 PM PDT by Changing Worldviews
To Spit or Not to Spit, on Jane Fonda - That is the Question by Sharon Hughes
The Vietnam Vet who spit on Jane Fonda as she was signing her new book was the topic of debate in the news this week - should he have done it? Everyone said no, and I agree. However, I understand the anger behind it. Many of our troops experienced the same thing when they came home from the war. Just last year my husband, Duane, who is a decorated Vietnam Vet, was speaking to a group about the war in Iraq as compared to the Vietnam war and one man shared during the Q & A that he was one of the soldiers who had been spit on by Americans when he got home. As Duane expressed his sorrow and understanding, the man wept. Needless to say, you could hear a pin drop in the crowd. Everyone got it.
I don't think Jane Fonda gets it. I know she said she's sorry recently for some of the things she did, but she didn't apologize to Vietnam Vets, especially the POWs who suffered longer as a result of her anti-war activities. She says she still hasn't changed her view of that war.
I don't know if this generation gets it either, except for those whose dads were in Vietnam perhaps. Our whole country needs to be reminded about our shameful treatment of these soldiers. Reminded about things such as their having to build their own memorial wall. That the first year's observation was not attended formally by our government. That many of them still roam the street, homeless, having never recovered from the effects of the war and their 'homecoming'.
Can you imagine putting your life on the line for your country and coming home to this? These veterans did not choose to serve in an unpopular war. They were soldiers just like the soldiers who fought in wars past or are fighting today...serving their country.
Vietnam Vets have never really been thanked adequately by our country, with the kind of national apology that can help healing come to many. While I do not condone the action of the Vet who spit on Fonda, I believe it shows there are wounds that still have not healed. Until this happens, make it more than just a slogan on a bumper sticker - Thank a Vietnam Vet every chance you get.
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Sharon is the President of The Center for Changing Worldviews, and hosts Changing Worldviews TALK Radio which is heard on KDIA AM1640 San Francisco, KGDP in Santa Maria, CA and WITA AM1490 Knoxville,TN, as well as online daily at Oneplace.com, and Thursdays on RighTalk.com. Her column appears on several online news sites. Contact: sharon@changingworldviews.com
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Vietnam Vets have never really been thanked adequately by our country, with the kind of national apology that can help healing come to many. While I do not condone the action of the Vet who spit on Fonda, I believe it shows there are wounds that still have not healed. Until this happens, make it more than just a slogan on a bumper sticker - Thank a Vietnam Vet every chance you get.
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You want thank us, Then arrest Fonda, Kerry and the rest of the scum for TREASON!! Thank You!!
I think it shows great restraint on the part of our Vets that she's still alive.
Worst. Title. Ever.
She needs to apologize to all the Vietnamese who have been held slaves since the war. She needs to ask forgiveness from all the "boat people." She needs to then ask forgiveness from all the vets and the prisoners who definately suffered as a result of her. When she has done this i might consider that she has a clue. Until then? She just is upset because she can't make good book sales.
TILL THE APOLOGIES COME IN, SPIT ON MY FRIENDS, SPIT ON.
Jane Fonda should be aerobicized unto death, with a grinning little Vietnamese flogging her, shouting "Fastah, fastah!" She wants forgiveness? Let her ask for it. Better still...let her beg for it. Some mistakes will follow you to the grave, and this one will follow her. God forgives... we don't.
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Fonda is whacked.
The only mistake he made was trying to escape running away...should of stayed in front of her and told her what he thought of her in front of everyone.
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