Jane Fonda: ‘Hanoi Jane’ Moment Was A ‘Huge Mistake’

GoldenRivet · 01-19-15, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I never understood how she got away with that, it really seemed like a black and white case of aiding the enemy...

Clear cut, and dry case. she should still be in prison for it if you ask me.

I'm sure it made her Father, Henry Fonda, a Navy Veteran, sick to his stomach to see his daughter do such a thing

AVGWarhawk · 01-19-15, 11:15 AM

Huge mistake....zero apology. She still has no idea what she did. That simple.

What a tool.

August · 01-19-15, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Huge mistake....zero apology. She still has no idea what she did. That simple.

What a tool.

Exactly. To her "a huge mistake" only means what being a traitor to her country cost her professionally, not that what she did was morally wrong.

Stealhead · 01-19-15, 08:28 PM

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

The book was published in 2005 she got tobacco spit on by a man claiming to be a vet at one signing. Its in there way at the bottom. As well as three quoted direct apologies for Platpus .

Not saying I'm a fan of Fonda but I am a fan of the truth.

AVGWarhawk · 01-20-15, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Exactly. To her "a huge mistake" only means what being a traitor to her country cost her professionally, not that what she did was morally wrong.

Yes but urinal stickers have sold like mad!!! She got none of the proceeds.

CCIP · 01-20-15, 05:03 PM

On the other hand, she's not someone who was ever in military service. Unless there's proof that she actually fired a weapon at an American or participated in illegally arming or supplying an enemy, I don't really see what crime she committed, besides the crime of horribly bad taste and stupidity. I thought freedom to travel and speak where one pleases was one of fundamentally American rights, and I did not think that American citizens who are not in military service have any obligation to prohibit themselves from traveling wherever they like and associating with whomever they want. Last I checked, being an idiot on camera does not constitute an act of armed aggression. And if it does, why aren't Romney and Cheney and co. not in prison for being buddy-buddy with Saddam?

Jeff-Groves · 01-20-15, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

And if it does, why aren't Romney and Cheney and co. not in prison for being buddy-buddy with Saddam?

I don't think there is a Law about fraternizing with the enemy except for the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
It still boils down to the Golden Rule.
He who has the Gold Rules.
She has money so expects/demands us to forgive her.
I'll forgive her when hell freezes over and not before.

If one were to pull that same stunt with say ISIS? I could see a fast trip to Gitmo on their agenda.

Mr Quatro · 01-20-15, 07:20 PM

I hated Jane Fonda for the story about giving the prisoners social security numbers they had carefully written down on small pieces of paper and handed to her which in turn it was said that she then handed to a Vietnam general standing nearby, but all lies.

Now I am the one that has to change my mind about her and where do all those lies come from anyway?

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

Quote:

I have spoken with all the parties named: Carrigan, Driscoll, et al. They all state that this particular internet story is a hoax and they wish to disassociate their names from the false story.

Let's set the record straight. It has been reported on the Internet in recent years that POWs surreptitiously slipped Fonda messages which she turned over to the North Vietnamese. That story is false. Also untrue is that any POW died for refusing to meet with Fonda.

Oberon · 01-20-15, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

where do all those lies come from anyway?

Most likely those who were never there.

Stealhead · 01-20-15, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

I hated Jane Fonda for the story about giving the prisoners social security numbers they had carefully written down on small pieces of paper and handed to her which in turn it was said that she then handed to a Vietnam general standing nearby, but all lies.

Now I am the one that has to change my mind about her and where do all those lies come from anyway?

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

I linked that already I recon that no one noticed.

01-19-15, 11:15 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,279 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Huge mistake....zero apology. She still has no idea what she did. That simple. What a tool. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-19-15, 08:28 PM	#4
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp The book was published in 2005 she got tobacco spit on by a man claiming to be a vet at one signing. Its in there way at the bottom. As well as three quoted direct apologies for Platpus . Not saying I'm a fan of Fonda but I am a fan of the truth. Last edited by Stealhead; 01-19-15 at 08:40 PM.

01-20-15, 05:03 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	On the other hand, she's not someone who was ever in military service. Unless there's proof that she actually fired a weapon at an American or participated in illegally arming or supplying an enemy, I don't really see what crime she committed, besides the crime of horribly bad taste and stupidity. I thought freedom to travel and speak where one pleases was one of fundamentally American rights, and I did not think that American citizens who are not in military service have any obligation to prohibit themselves from traveling wherever they like and associating with whomever they want. Last I checked, being an idiot on camera does not constitute an act of armed aggression. And if it does, why aren't Romney and Cheney and co. not in prison for being buddy-buddy with Saddam? __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)