Posted on 04/25/2005 2:37:20 PM PDT by Bob J
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.
© Sharon Hughes 2005
He should have punched her in the face.
You don't spit on traitors, rather you hang them.
As in the words of Hank Jr.'s song "A country boy can survive"
"I'd like to spit some beechnut in that dude's eye, and shootem with my ole' 45."
Jeff (Pro spitter of the likes of Hanoi Jane Fonda)
" I don't think Jane Fonda gets it. I know she said she's sorry recently for some of the things she did"
I don't think she is sorry for any of the things she did - she is simply sorry that her poor behavior has caught up with her and has resulted the comtempt that many Americans feel towards her.
BTW: Is there a video of the act?
I'm fixing to try limewire, see if they have it.
Jeff
How 'bout 'You spit on traitors and then you hang them'?
I'm old fashioned enough that spitting in a womans face doesn't do it for me. Now Tom Hayden would be another matter all together.
Disgusting behavior by those opposed to Fonda, simply stooping to her level. True patriots show class. Wisdom dictates that Fonda be ignored and allowed to fade into oblivion. As your mama surely taught you, two wrongs do not make a right.
Jane was just whoring her book. She got off lucky. She deserved to be s*it on, not just spit on.
I was spat upon by some unwashed hippy whore in Atlanta
before I ever made it to the O'Seas Replacement station.
The airport cop told me to forget it-because if I responded -as she deserved --he would arrest me.Neither
he nor her knew -or cared wha tmy MOS was. All they saw
was the uniform. Earlier while at Ft. Carson I did have the
pleasure of several less than normal Medical Clinic days
thanks to Hanoi Jane and her stupid Sick in for Peace --
plan to protest the War.Also saw her bodily carried from
the Little Wheel Club and told not to come back to bother us in our off duty R&R. Nobody wanted to be associated with our enemy (even before she went to parlevouse with the enemy in Hanoi.should he have spat upon her? I can only say
I agree with his seniments. She earned it. But the enemy
dumb as they are will spin it to make her seem a Saint and
the Crazy Freaking Vietnam Vets an identifiable group who-
like true Christians are someone our modern society has some right to revile and abhor.
Thanks for serving in the Military. It is because of people like you, that make this planet a safer place for my Wife, Son, and myself. You are a GREAT AMERICAN!!!
Jeff
And what he did was classy. He could have punched her, called her vile names, dropped his drawers and displayed his nasty bits, gotten into a nasty argument. He could have killed her. But he didn't; rather, he gave Jane Fonda what vets have literally been getting for years--a gooey glob of saliva right in the kisser. It's perfect. It means that we've finally turned the corner, that the "anti-establishment" is now the establishment and it's their turn to reap the rewards of their youthful corruption and bad decisions. It's really just chickens come home to roost (or "karma", as Jane might prefer). Don't think of it as a 'conservative' or 'marine' spitting on Jane Fonda; think of it as the 60's generation finally starting to reap what they've sown.
I would pay to spit on Jane Fonda, and I wasn't even born when she was committing treason!
The vet should not have spit in Fonda's face. That kind of behavior is just not acceptable. I'm a Navy veteran, having served six years during the Vietnam War. I have nothing but contempt for Fonda, and others like her, but would never resort to spitting in a woman's face. I uderstand the vet's anger, however, and I want to say "thank you" to him for his service. I lost far too many friends in that war, all much better and more honorable than the pampered human trash that spat on us once.
Ditto!!! Then shoot her! Then hang her! She's a TRAITOR!
But, never waste spit on a piece of sh*t!
A man is judged by the words out of his mouth.
You have class.
Hang them, then let everybody line up and spit on them, or do the same thing Patton did in the Rhine River.
Jane Fonda is worth neither the time nor the spit.
bttt
shes a traitor, should be thankful thats all that happened
Bears repeating.
There are historical revisionist currently publishing the claim that no veteran was ever spit on during Vietnam, that the whole thing was an urban myth. Fair enough - then Jane Fonda never got spit on. Urban myth.
She certainly isn't worth mine, but I'd never deny any Vietnam vet the satisfaction.
Ol' Mike did it for me, too.
"They Shoot Traitors, Don't They?"
I think it is important to remember that Jane Fonda is a traitor who escaped proper punishment only because of the media's relentless attack on America. Now that she seeks to peddle her book, she has run up against the angry response she fully deserves. She should count her blessings -- and thank fate and time that spit is her only punishment for treason.
If I ever have to serve on a jury, and if there is a God, I will get to be a juror on such a case. I can promise, at the very least, a hung jury, even if not a hung Fonda.
He wouldn't have had the opportunity to spit on her if the Justice Department had put her in prison or hung her for treason like they should have.
Silly question, to be answered with another question. Where does the line form?
Then you apply another bodily fluid to their grave.
She's got her own PR people, and a whole gaggle of cheerleaders, she's not going to fade away, ever. I mean, it's been 35 years or so and she hasn't faded away yet. I don't think she's going to.
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Thank you for your service.
I don't think the guy should have launched a loogie... but then I haven't had to live with the rage and abandonment he's had to deal with on a personal level. And a squirt of Red Man isn't the worst thing he could have done under the circumstances. Hanoi Jane should consider herself lucky on many levels.
On the other hand, an apology from Barbarella at this point is only a self-serving act meant to clean up her image. She's obviously not sorry for the substance of her acts and, even if she were, the damage she did is done. She should be shunned. Apologies for her treason mean nothing more than the the apologies Clinton offered around the world on his various I-feel-your-pain junkets in the 90's. They mean nothing. They heal nothing. And they are as worthless as those who offer them.
I don't think the guy should have launched a loogie... but then I haven't had to live with the rage and abandonment he's had to deal with on a personal level. And a squirt of Red Man isn't the worst thing he could have done under the circumstances. Hanoi Jane should consider herself lucky on many levels.
On the other hand, an apology from Barbarella at this point is only a self-serving act meant to clean up her image. She's obviously not sorry for the substance of her acts and, even if she were, the damage she did is done. She should be shunned. Apologies for her treason mean nothing more than the the apologies Clinton offered around the world on his various I-feel-your-pain junkets in the 90's. They mean nothing. They heal nothing. And they are as worthless as those who offer them.
He shouldn't of spit on her.. He could of tried some other method to show his disapproval of her.. freeping..
Seems like she's been in the spotlight alot over the years. Hawking fitness tapes, hanging out with Ted at Braves games etc..
But why is she so controversial now?? Because JFK reopened all the old wounds of the Vietnam war..
I salute you and I thank you for your service.....It is because of you that I am free to serve........
'slike the fuss we're making over Ward Churchill.
If he had thrown a pie instead, all charges would, of course, be dropped.
Hanoi Janey is not worth the spittle. It's like spitting in the wind....it comes back to haunt.
Having said that, I'm sure glad he did it. Wish I coulda been there.
Well, puking would be better, and could be later attributed to sudden feeling nauseous, thus unpremeditated.
Most enemy collaborators were executed or imprisoned in the post-WWII era. I'd say the bitch got off light.
That doesn't mean the spitter ought not be charged. But the judge should make sure that attorney is allowed to exercise the "she needed spittin' on" defense.
Spit on her.
Pay the fine for it, and don't run.
Is she coming to Raleigh?
Does any Freeper have contact with The Most Famous Spitter, Michael A. Smith? If so please contact me by FR mail. I would like to discuss something with him. If he says he isn't interested that's OK. Please let me know.
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