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Statue of famed Penn St. coach Paterno taken down
San Diego Union-Tribune ^
| 7/21/2012
| Marc Levy
Posted on 07/22/2012 1:21:57 PM PDT by South40
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To: Doctor 2Brains
OJ SimpsonThen why is he currently serving 33 years in the Lovelock Correctional Center?
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:46:58 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: fatnotlazy
So we should go through life morally paralyzed, not willing to call evil evil, just because it hasn't been declared wrong in court.
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:48:53 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(We don't come to Christ to be born again; rather, we are born again in order to come to Christ. RCS)
To: EEGator
Hey. I talked to the Salt Lake City FBI office yesterday (it is the nearest one) about my daughter's , 2 1/2 years gone, old boyfriend finding her and offering to kill her and her new boyfriend. She has a text from that POS saying that. She has all the shit he told her on Facebook. We think he is in Texas. Won't tell you where my daughter is. She moved out of state and has changed her phone number 9 times to try and escape.
And YES. I should have made a clearer point on that other thread.
And yes. I talked to my local PD first. They know me. Ya know what they told me to do?????
To: South40
Sorry to disagree with most here, but that statue should stay. The only change should be plaque on it. The plaque should tell the entire story of how Paterno and Penn State covered up the abuse of children for profit and football glory. I think the NCAA and the Penn. Legislature should require that that statue and plaque should remain on display at the front of the stadium as long a there is football played at Penn State. If the NCAA bans Penn State from Football, the statue and plaque should be placed in a very public area on the campus for at least a 100 years.
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:51:47 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(TeaPartier ..... but no longer a Republican)
To: A.A. Cunningham
It’s NOT for double homicide. But guess what, he’s still a murderer. Don’t you think?
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:52:17 PM PDT
by
Doctor 2Brains
(If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
To: A.A. Cunningham
33 years? You sure about that?
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:53:37 PM PDT
by
Doctor 2Brains
(If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
To: fatnotlazy; Gamecock; All
Well, Im glad youre proud of the fact that a man was tried and convicted in the court of public opinion, instead of in a court of law, after his death without an opportunity to defend himself.Columnist Scott Ostler wrote a great column in the SF Chronicle last November that addresses your argument: Penn State's Joe Paterno gets what he deserves
Ostler wrote: Several e-mailers demand, "Have you ever heard of due process?" The due process I've heard of involves a justice system and a legal trial. Paterno faces no legal action or charge. Legally, his rear end is covered. But there was no trial when Paterno was sainted, no jury declared him one of the noblest and finest college coaches of all time. The public decided. It's the same deal on the flip side...
Other graphs from that Ostler column: What is the over-under number on how many people have to know about a depraved predator working under their noses before one of them takes a step to stop the predator and protect the victims? Jay Bilas, the ESPN college basketball commentator, called it "a conspiracy of cowards." ... With responsibility comes responsibility... "With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more," Paterno said in a statement. That's pathetic. You need hindsight to tell you that you must do whatever you can to stop a dangerous criminal?
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:54:06 PM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Saying Mitt would keep past political promises is like prophesying that Gumby won't bend anymore)
To: fatnotlazy; All
Understand that I have no affection for Mr. Paterno.(Unlike the Happy Valley happy JoePa personality cultists who will have to get deprogrammed to realize that he should have never been deified in the first place)
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posted on
07/22/2012 2:55:58 PM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Saying Mitt would keep past political promises is like prophesying that Gumby won't bend anymore)
To: vladimir998
I love the one where he’s decorated.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:05:18 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(Necessity is the argument of tyrants. John Milton)
To: Doctor 2Brains
You seriously need to lighten up and get a life if that bothers you.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:05:54 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(Necessity is the argument of tyrants. John Milton)
To: Mercat
You seriously need to lighten up and get a life if that bothers you.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:08:26 PM PDT
by
Doctor 2Brains
(If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
To: richmwill
Sucks to be Bobby Bowden...
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:10:33 PM PDT
by
Crusher138
("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
To: South40
Saw some news clips on TV. The way they are treating the statue with such reverence is truly laughable. Take the stupid statue to the scrap yard.
Meanwhile Sandusky is in his cage singing like a bird.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:10:33 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(No matter who you elect,the government eventually gets in.)
To: Colofornian; fatnotlazy; All
"With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more," Paterno said in a statement. Why should he have done more? After all, there was no trial.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:12:33 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(We don't come to Christ to be born again; rather, we are born again in order to come to Christ. RCS)
To: 4yearlurker
"Meanwhile Sandusky is in his cage singing like a bird." Where did you hear that? I'm not second guessing you, but I would have figured that Sandusky would continue to proclaim his complete innocence until his appeals are exhausted, after which he might become a cooperative witness just to get out of his cell long enough to testify.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:14:34 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: South40
On several threads we had a guy claiming that Sandusky caused Paterno’s early death........ until I pointed out to him that Paterno was in his mid 80s and had terminal cancer.
Hardly an “early death” and I doubt that Sandusky could cause cancer.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:15:23 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Free people, when presented only with evil choices, create other choices.(EternalVigilance))
To: fatnotlazy
You're talking like we're convicting him in a court of law. We're not - even though it's quite possible that Paterno could have been criminally complicit.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Paterno was made aware on multiple occasions that Sandusky was diddling little boys. This is confirmed by his own testimony, his email exchanges and in the Freeh report. There is no doubt that Paterno had the power to stop many of these children from getting raped by Sandusky, but he didn't. He admitted that himself.
Bottom line, he's s**tstain of historic proportions and rightfully being branded as such.
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:21:19 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: softwarecreator
I dont think he is doing that
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:27:44 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
( if you love, you will not condemn, and if you condemn, you cannot love)
To: bigheadfred
I’m sorry to hear that about your daughter. I’m at a loss as to what the Laurentian Abyss has to do with it?
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:29:00 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: bigheadfred
Do you mean the Dark Knight Rises thread?
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posted on
07/22/2012 3:33:00 PM PDT
by
EEGator
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