And what do you think your ongoing rah-rah primal screams of righteous rage of Paterno are going to accomplish? What do you possibly wish to extract from either Paterno or the situation? He’s gone, he’s disgraced, his legacy is destroyed, and he’s likely open to lawsuits. He’s pretty much done as done can get. I think my focus of finding the rest of the rats is going to have alot more effect than beating a dead horse.
You seriously need to get off Paterno and move on. There is nothing tactically and strategically to be gained by sitting there and continuing to rant and vomit rivers or moral indignation at him. It’s a complete waste of time and uses energy and spotlight that should be focused on the others involved in this, some of whom may still be abusing kids as we speak.
I really don’t get the whole ‘public sentiment’ and ‘trial in the court of public opinion’ crap. It accomplishes nothing but feed some people’s obsessive-compulsive desire to pontificate righteous moral outrage. So wow, you’ve brought the holy symbol of Saint Joe crashing to the ground and destroyed it forever. How does that get justice for the kids against the people that abused and still may be abusing them? It doesn’t.
I care about justice. If there is a sex ring, all that energy focusing on Paterno needs to be turned to demanding it be investigated, and if true those people prosecuted and jailed. I really don’t understand why that keeps being avoided and deflected her and the spotlight being brought back to Joe, when nothing else can be accomplished with that.
Starting to seriously wonder if there are some on this board who deliberately want to keep the focus on Joe forever so the public gaze doesn’t demand and possibly expose the depth of what may be going on at PSU to protect those who also may be guilty. I’m beginning to think JimRob needs to clean some serious house around here.
You do realize that we can't 'get off Paterno' as long as you keep posting BS. Most of these posts you so detest are in reponse to the BS that you and Tribune7 keep posting.
As I wrote on my last post to you -- see the two links I posted there, that happened. The Madden emphasis on the larger pedophile ring was the FIRST thing that began Thursday morning!
What are you, dense? You didn't notice the "new wave" hitting the shore Thursday a.m.?
You write about how it "keeps being avoided and deflected her and the spotlight being brought back to Joe" as if a fallen coach Paterno has been posted about for months or even weeks.
Back up with the news timeline. He was only fired Wed. night. And the normal news cycle for people to absorb that is at least 24 hours and longer! And here we, are Fri a.m. & you're making these comments?
You remind me of an undertaker who has all sorts of bodies of bury. A long-time coach with a swell of adoring fans -- coupled with those who think his "legacy" should be described less than charitably because of his negative legacy -- are attending the Memorial service and follow-up graveside.
But there you are...
...in the church,
...alongside the motorcade,
...and at the graveside...
...screaming rah-rah primal screams to get people to literally sprint through each of those processes...
...screaming with indignant rage,
...to rush people through paying their respects (or disrespects depending upon how he impacted you and others) to the man...
You, being an utterly clueless man as to how long it takes for people to absorb both...
...that the man is "dead"...
...coupled with "post-death" revelations that he wasn't all who people thought he was,
...can't seemingly do enough to usher people away from the open casket...
...yelling, "that's enough...move along...move along...
..."we've got other funeral services in the wings...
..."come on...get up off of your knees...
..."if you've seen one dead man...you've seen them all..."
Finally, somebody in authority comes to you and says, "That's enough. Yes, there are other dead bodies urgently waiting to be buried. But guess what? You're not the only mortuary in town. In fact, nobody else is utilizing your services."