Posted on 04/20/2005 7:16:10 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --
Police said they arrested a man for spitting on Academy Award winning actress Jana Fonda during a book-signing stop in Kansas City Tuesday night.Fonda, 67, spoke at Unity Temple, in The Plaza shopping district, about her new book, "My Life So Far" and her new movie with Jennifer Lopez called "Monster-In-Law."
At about 9 p.m., police said a man who had been waiting in line for about 90 minutes, passed a book to Fonda and then spit a large amount of tobacco juice into her face.
Thy said the man then ran away and was taken into custody by off-duty officers, who were providing security for the event.
Fonda declined to prosecute the man for allegedly spitting in her face.
Michael A. Smith, 54, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, which is a city charge.
LOL!!
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Throw a pineapple in her face instead. All food? Right?
What's your point? It is okay to engage in treason by siding with the enemy in a time of war but spitting is a no no?
Thank you Miss Manners.
[[You aren't going to try and tell me that a Marine would spit in a woman's face are you?
Jane apologized for her actions and has admitted she was wrong. Short of a Time Machine becoming available so that she can go back and redo history that is about all one can ask for.]]
First of all, she NEVER apologized for her traitorous behavior in time of war, and you know it, so you are defending the indefensible here.
Secondy, what does being a female have to do with anything? And you are right, I would never has spit in her face.....I would have pissed on her leg while she was looking down and signing the book for me.
Every VietNam Vet has had a dream to spit in her face, including my deceased husband, who was a VN vet. She deserves every bit of spittle she gets.
What goes around comes around. Hanoi Jane will NEVER be forgiven.
Excellent call!
Yes, this is Schadenfreude at its finest!
Now I've got Bizet's Carmen going through my head:
"Toreadora, don't spit on the floor
Use the cuspidor
That's what it's for...."
I an a Vietnam vet and MICHAEL SMITH IS MY HERO !
Thanks for a job well done from all of us.
Newton, Thomas J. SGT AF18702294 1964-1968 USAF
"here is a scene in one of his movies (I believe it was McClintock) where he said, "I won't hit you. I won't hit you. The Hell I won't." and then turned around and delivered a hay-maker in the typical John Wayne style."
Go back and watch it again. He hit a man, not a woman. The Duke spanked his (estranged) wife in that film, but he never slugged a woman.
But to repeat, Wayne wouldn't have hit a woman.
As a Navy man....
Hanoi jane is un-forgiven!!
Jane Fonda declined to press charges. That tells me she understands what the reason was.
Don't have time to read the thread just yet, but I salute this man.
"Wayne wouldn't have hit a woman."
In general that's right, however Wayne was very patriotic and IMO he would have made an exception for Hanoi Jane.
I'll drink to that my friend.
If the woman were a member of an anarchist terrorist sect like the SLA, he would be well advised to.
Some women are not due courtesy. Women can kill and assault men too. I've known some with black eyes who threw no punch and never hit.
Battered women who turn to lesbians make this same mistake in thinking that they are "safe".
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