Posted on 07/13/2012 12:55:16 PM PDT by PA BOOKENDS
I have to say, I’m disappointed and a little concerned by the reaction of some of my freeper friends to the Sandusky / Penn State scandal. Full disclosure: I graduated from PSU in 1970. Am not a member of the Alumni Association, have been back for, maybe, 5 games since 1970. Very much on the periphery of all things Penn State.
For the class of ‘70, the JoPa phenomenon (“JoPa” hadn’t even been coined, yet.) hadn’t materialized. Nevertheless, living in Pennsylvania, one could hardly be oblivious to the success of the football team or Paterno’s philosophy. We were happy to see someone who was not only successful, but successful with honor and class.
And this is what brings me to this vanity. So many of you seem to resent that very notion. You apparently held so much animus toward Paterno BEFORE ANY OF THIS EVER CAME OUT, that the very second it hit the fan you couldn’t wait to jump on the down-with-Joe bandwagon. Some of you exhibit so much glee at Joe’s downfall that you come very close to behaving as you accuse him – a willingness to throw a few boys under the bus if it can bring down JoPa & Penn State. Why do you take such joy in seeing a man’s lifework – GOOD work - destroyed?
That Joe couldn’t, perhaps, live up to the ideals he espoused doesn’t make the message any less worthwhile nor does it repudiate the good that he did do. In every sense, his life is the classic story of a Greek tragedy – something the Brown English major would understand!
And to those of you who are so cock-sure of how you would react in any given situation, it is with trepidation that I say: I hope you get the chance to find out.
Here is the Penn State v. Alabama video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdmgp96zUkI
Nebraska v. Penn State:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XiH8mxa-Z0
I remember Sports Illustrated did an article about these two games because the calls were so outrageous.
Indeed, I wish I had a bigger one, LOL!
Joe Paterno KNEW what was going on and yet did NOTHING.
How can you or anyone else excuse that?
He KNEW.
So, with a flash and a boom one of the chief players in the long ago thread on sexual morality and adults not having sex with children rides the lightning. And lo and behold it is over the same issue (Albeit with a male perp).
Vindication, Marie.
Have some Kudos.
This whole thing is the result of the gay pride movement that has infiltrated the public schools all across the country...
Sandusky liked black boys also?
When diversity and perversity clash, the liberals always ‘spread the other cheek.”
Thank you, MrEdd.
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