On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:53:48 -0500, Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am in no way a 'Jane' lover...... but www.snopes.com says:
Claim: Jane Fonda betrayed U.S. soldiers during the Viet Nam War.
Status: Multiple â see below.
* During a 1972 trip to North Vietnam, Jane Fonda propagandized on behalf of the North Vietnamese government, declared that American POWs were being treated humanely and condemned U.S. soldiers as "war criminals" and later denounced them as liars for claiming they had been tortured: True.
* Jane Fonda handed over to their captors the slips of paper POWs pressed upon her: False.
* In 1999, Jane Fonda was profiled in ABC's A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women: True.
I agree with David: JF is quite simply a traitor. I more apporpirate award for her would be: Americans who have emigrated from their country without bothering to leave our shores.
My questions about the snopes material are:
1. Who in the blazes are www.snopes.com? What is the political makeup? Are they right-wing bigots or left-wing bigots?
2. Do snopes have any factual proof for their publications? I see none offered on their site.
Snopes is a good site to check out the 'urban legend' stuff that circulates on email. They are pretty conservative about what they call verifiable. (That is not conservative in the political sense, just that they say stuff is false unless they can verify and document.) My bad for not checking there before I posted. That one just hit be below the intellect filter.
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