outerlimits Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entert...174/detail.html this guys is gonna be famous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 As much as i dislike Jane, I would have punched that guy out if I had been standing next him at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I guess I would have tried to trip the cop chasing him....Anyone who helps mete out long overdue justice to a traitor to America deserves something different than prosecution by the local law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I'm torn on this one. On the one hand I can understand why someone who served in that era would want to spit in her face, but on the other hand I was raised not to do something like that (unless similarily provoked). I can appreciate how someone involved in that particular military action might feel they were provoked in an extraordinary way. What I found cowardly was the guy's flight from the scene, and once apprehended, he said he was proud for what he had done. If he was proud of it, why didn't he just stand there with his hands in his pockets and await arrest? I don't think I would have done it, but I can't help feeling some sympathy for someone who might have felt compelled to do so (IF they did so without shame or flight). [apologies added to the moderators and members if this crosses the line into "too political"] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Good sentiment, stupid action. Howsabout a lawsuit in civil court seeking compensation for mental anguish from thousands and thousands of vets. Don't make her squint, make her broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Oooh, George...I like that one. Free speech is free speech but it has consequences. Although for those who were tortured, I don't think they want to re-live any of that trauma giving testimony. That would take some serious resolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Run n Gun Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 My hate for “Hanoi Jane” was almost palpable and I still believe she should have been tried for treason and jailed for life! However, I saw a recent interview with her on 60 minutes or some other news show, were she said that she was sorry for her trip to North Vietnam. She said she was young and foolish and that what she did was WRONG, unforgivable and she understood the resentment that many veterans have for her. She didn’t apologize for her belief that the war was wrong and she didn’t apologize for her other anti-war activities but she did seem genuinely contrite for having gone to Hanoi. You know, somehow her apologizing for that trip made that little ball I get in my gut every time I hear her name just go away. Would I spit in her face? No, not now I wouldn’t, but also, I don’t I think I would shake her hand either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDELLCUSTOM Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 all i can say is, i'm an Army veteran and jane fonda can kiss my ass. there is no excuse that she can come up with that will make up for her stupidity. I have a good friend that lost both his legs in Vietnam while that spoiled little Hollywood brat was flirting with the enemy. i wouldn't buy her damn book but if i had a copy of it i'd be using it for toilet paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 It wouldn't surprise me if she came out and said she deserved it. If she did that people might actually start to think she might actually mean it when she said she was sorry. Long way from anyone forgiving her but taking spit in the face would be hard to do. Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 As much as i dislike Jane, I would have punched that guy out if I had been standing next him at the time. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> huh? wtf? as a marine nam vet, i would have shook his hand and had a chew. hope it was a stream of levi garret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I find it funny hanoi jane decides to apologizes for her actions while she's on a book tour and has a movie about to open. the last time she apoligized for her treason in Vietnam was in the late 80's, after the filming for a movie she was in was disturbed by people protesting her actions in vietnam. funny she always seem sorry when theres money to be made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 This thread makes me want to post "The Picture." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aXXman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 This thread makes me want to post "The Picture." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess I am showing my ignorance by saying that I don't know what you mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aXXman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 So please show us (me) the picture so I don't have to stay ignorant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Ah youth, ya gotta be young if you don't remember that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I was born in 71 so I'm not even sure I was around when she did the pose. Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Twas 72 she did the deed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkelly Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 As much as i dislike Jane, I would have punched that guy out if I had been standing next him at the time.---SingleStack Which would make you a worse criminal then him! Respectfully, jkelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 As much as i dislike Jane, I would have punched that guy out if I had been standing next him at the time.---SingleStack Which would make you a worse criminal then him! Respectfully, jkelly <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think I know where SingleStack is comming from with his statement - and I do agree with his statement - in Nearly every situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I'm with SingleStack.....if I saw some dude spit on a lady I would bitch slap him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 If the guy was really courageous he would have spit in her face and then stuck his hands out to be arrested. Running is kind of cowardly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I agree with Jake - except I'm not sure I think Jane Fonda is much of a lady.... I think this might be the exception to the rule for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Dan you should not hold back your feelings and tell us how you really feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aXXman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Here's "a picture" I don't know if it's "the picture" or not: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Jake Jane Fonda is not much of a lady.... I would pay this guys fine just to have seen it in person... Seeing her interview on TV made me want to hurl...and I am with Dan...she can just get the hell out of the US and live in Viet Nam along with all the rest of the Hollyweird clan that oppose Bush and his actions and especially thosse that take trips to the oppressed land to see the horrible things the US did to those people... Well, how about touring the empty spaces where the Twin Towers used to be and then tell me how bad we are to those who want to terrorize us... I was IN COUNTRY to serve my country, not ussue treasonous remarks and have your picture taken on an AA gun.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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