Posted on 02/09/2013 6:52:41 AM PST by FlJoePa
Look, Saint Joe was not. He was an old man who stayed way too long, was surrounded by syncophants, yes men, glory long gone and the inability to realize that a grown man that he hired was buggering young boys. So, spin it there Penn State, but the truth is that it happened. You can run, spin, cry the blues, but you cannot escape the fact that you and your school will be forever tainted.
If you truly are holding out judgement on Paterno, then you are one of the few Penn Staters who I’ve talked to, who are.
Most are like the one above claiming it was “illegal for JoePa to know about 1998” Like that is some kind of proof. Most grasp for anything and everything as an excuse. I’m sure they are salivating over this report as a justification for their beliefs. Are you?
Really? Because I talk to a lot and the majority of them have a hard time reconciling the man's lifelong record with what Louis Freeh claims he did, but simply admit they don't know. Which, after all, is the point of the Paterno team's response.
Louis Freeh doesn't get his next paycheck by producing reports stating that the facts in evidence don't allow for conclusions any more than climate change scientists get government grants by saying they're not sure if it's real. So Freeh drew conclusions based on facts not in evidence and his own inferences, likely intended for use by the university to improve its internal governance. But the NCAA and the public took Freeh's report as gospel and have used it to substantially devalue Paterno's estate and Penn State at large.
Could Freeh's conclusions be true? Yes, it's possible. Can anyone know with enough certainty to make definitive statements or take punitive action? Absolutely not.
Shocked, the report says JoePa is as pure and innocent as anew born baby. As if there was ever any doubt as to the conclusion.
Enjoy your “proof”. Whatever it takes to get to sleep at night I suppose.
And if people thought penn staters were obnoxious before, after they thump their chests for weeks over this, it will reach whole new levels.
What an absolutely bizarre statement. In the post you replied to I actually allowed that he might have done these things when I wrote, "Could Freeh's conclusions be true? Yes, it's possible. Can anyone know with enough certainty to make definitive statements or take punitive action? Absolutely not."
And then you come back with what amounts to a personal attack claiming I'm a closed-minded person looking for anything that supports my belief. When the fact of the matter is that you're the one with the obvious axe to grind. I'm not sure what your own motivation is, but it's clear you're more interested in attacking strawmen then actually debating.
The truth is PSU administrators and officials shamefully failed to protect innocent children.
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