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[reute]

Recently I received the old anti-Jane e-mail which has been  
circulating for years. You know, the one in which she was said to  
have betrayed the US POW's-"According to the story,  "...she walked  
the line, shaking each man's hand and asking little encouraging  
snippets like: "Aren't you sorry you bombed babies?" & "Are you  
grateful for the humane treatment from your benevolent captors?"  etc.
TruthOrFiction.com located Jerry Driscoll who said that the accounts  
about him in the email are "...the product of a very vivid  
imagination" and he requests that people please stop passing it on to  
others."


the unvarnished truth about Jane Fonda..yes she was thoughtless in  
her trip to North Vietnam. yes she made mistakes...she has apologized  
many times . So I thought I would do a little on line research on her  
and see what really happened. She turns out to be not as snow driven  
as I would have liked--yes she did some things that were not cool at  
all--but I remember how those of us who were against the war felt.  
Passions were very high, as they are now about Iraq, about New  
Orleans, about 9/11 and the lack of desire of this administration to  
take care of any American other than the super rich--and I don't mean  
simple millionaires.
It is easy to go too far when one is in defense of one's deepest  
beliefs. For example, did anyone see recently that a group of right  
wing extremists picketed the Human Rights Campaign hq in New York  
carrying signs which read "Thank you Katrina for killing sodomists"  
and charming things along those lines?

Anyway, what we need is healing and forgiveness. And a new  
administration! One based on inclusiveness and fairness, not fear and  
power hunger.
Anyway, I feel for Jane. She made a huge mistake. And I applaud her  
for helping people.
That's all. xox   Love and light.  Reute
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/hanoijane.htm

and has done a lot since to make up for it, helping many people.
http://www.peoplecounttv.com/About_People_Count/About_Jane_Fonda/ 
about_jane_fonda.htm

We all make mistakes. Good for her for apologizing, and for trying to  
make a positive difference on the planet.
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