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Vietnam Vet Spits in Jane Fonda's Face @ Book Signing

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Don't know if this is a repost or not. I searched and couldn't find it.

Vietnam vet calls spitting in Fonda's face ?a debt of honor'

Posted on Wed, Apr. 20, 2005





Vietnam vet calls spitting in Fonda's face ?a debt of honor'

By CHRISTINE VENDEL

The Kansas City Star


Kansas City police arrested a 54-year-old man Tuesday night after he allegedly spit tobacco juice into the face of Jane Fonda at a book signing event on The Country Club Plaza.

Michael A. Smith, a Vietnam veteran from Kansas City, was charged with disorderly conduct, a city charge.

Reached by telephone this morning, Smith called Fonda a ?traitor? and said her protests of the Vietnam War were unforgivable. He said he went to the event at the Unity Temple, 707 W. 47th St., for the sole purpose of spitting in her face. He said he doesn't normally chew tobacco, but he did Tuesday.

?I consider it a debt of honor,? he said. ?She spit in our faces for 37 years?It was absolutely worth it. There are a lot of veterans who would love to do what I did.?

Smith said he receives disability payments from the government for injuries suffered in the Vietnam War. He said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and nerve damage caused by Agent Orange.

Police said Smith waited in line for about 90 minutes, then passed a book to Fonda about 9 p.m. and spit at her. Smith then ran, police said, but quickly was arrested by off-duty Kansas City police officers hired to provide security for the event.

Fonda declined to press charges against Smith, police said.
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LOL!!!

It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

EDIT: posted whole article
 
If I ever run across this guy in a bar, he better be thirsty because I'm buying him drinks until he passes out. :beer::thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: tec699
so i guess she isn't allowed to have an opinion?
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An opinion!!? LMAO. She visited Hanoi DURING THE WAR!!

Edit: And sat in an anti aircraft gun while having her picture taken.
 
Excellent. He fights for his country, one of its tenets of which is free speech, and then spits in the face of somebody who exercises it. Bravo indeed!
 
Originally posted by: freakflag
If I ever run across this guy in a bar, he better be thirsty because I'm buying him drinks until he passes out. :beer::thumbsup:
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Followed by a nice warm tea bagging?
 
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
someone copy paste the story?

I don't know too much about Jane Fonda... Someone fill me in thanks 🙂
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Hanoi Jane offered aid and comfort to the enemy during the Vietnam war. Basically.
 
Originally posted by: tec699
so i guess she isn't allowed to have an opinion?

I disagree with her stance on Vietnam by the way.
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I don't think going to the enemy and helping out the enemy machine is quite exactly having "an opinion." I would imagine in 1780 she would have been shot for treason. Too bad we live in today's world.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Excellent. He fights for his country, one of its tenets of which is free speech, and then spits in the face of somebody who exercises it. Bravo indeed!
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His exercise of free speech to spit in her face!
 
Originally posted by: feralkid
Originally posted by: freakflag
If I ever run across this guy in a bar, he better be thirsty because I'm buying him drinks until he passes out. :beer::thumbsup:
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Followed by a nice warm tea bagging?
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You had better hope I never run across YOU in bar, skippy.
 
I dunno much about the whole Fonda thing, but to me, his bravery in spitting in her face is completely offset by the fact that the dude ran away afterwards.
 
Originally posted by: Mucho
I guessed he wasn't going to accept any apology.
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She didn't exactly apologize. She claimed lapse of judgement, but never apologized for aiding and abetting the enemy.
 
I'd consider it an honor to shake that dude's hand.



*Edit* I just saw that he ran away afterwards. That makes the entire exchange considerably less badass. I'm nhot sure how I feel about someone who would spit and run. On the one hand it's Jane Fonda, but on the other hand he Frenched out at the last moment. Meh.
 
Originally posted by: FlyLice
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Excellent. He fights for his country, one of its tenets of which is free speech, and then spits in the face of somebody who exercises it. Bravo indeed!
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His exercise of free speech to spit in her face!
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Except that's illegal, which is why he was arrested.

I'm being devil's advocate anyway. I know too little about Hanoi Jane to have a real opinion on it 🙂 I do like when celebrities are down trodden though, so there's a :thumbsup: for that.

 
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