Maybe this hypothetical can better put things in perspective: Imagine YOU were the GOD OF PENN STATE (Joe Pa) and an extremely agitated assistant came up to you and told you that he had just witnessed your son (or grandson) being sodomized in the showers by the former defensive coordinator. Would you have thanked the assistant for his testimony, then wait 24 hours to inform the AD of the assault? And NEVER call the police?
Not what if I were the coach at Penn State, and this same agitated assistant told me that YOUR son (or grandson) was anally raped in the shower room? Would you still defend me for not calling the police, and waiting 24 hours before informing the AD?
My question: Why is it OK for an "anonymous" child to be so heinously disregarded by Joe Pa, but not OK if the child was yours or mine or his?
There a times in man’s life when you must do THE RIGHT THING, regardless of the cost.
THAT DID not happen here....
From top to bottom, EVERYONE at Penn State, AND State College, is responsible for creating a culture where not only did this happen, but it got COVERED UP for a decade.
Protecting the children wasn’t as important as protecting the MONEY, the careers, the school, and the AGENDA.
Pedophile State needs to be SHUT DOWN, and completely rebooted. No one wants to talk about how the administration-pushed gay agenda contributed to this.
Don't be a moron. Get your facts right. You don't know precisely what Joe was told, and Joe says the assistant didn't say anything about anal rape and was not real clear. Joe didn't see anything with his own two eyeballs and had only what he claims was a troubling report from this young grad student.
Could this grad student have had some perverse vendetta and fabricated the story? Extremely unlikely, of course, but things like that have happened and Paterno didn't witness anything with his own eyes. So the troubled and perplexed Paterno correctly passes the report along to the people who were SUPPOSED to do something about it... what the hell else was he supposed to do? Launch his own investigation? Get real - - he was a 75-year-old football coach, not a detective.
If you would have heard this report (and even taken it as completely true) and then jumped up and pointed a finger at Sandusky and hollered, "Gay pedophile rapist!", then you would have fit in very nicely in Nazi Germany.