NO- because religion IS about right and wrong, morals, football isn’t. The only right/wrong in a game is dictated by the rules-and sexual activity and molestation doesn’t fall under any rules of any game I know of!
And before you ask0 I would have a BIG problem praying for the PREDATORS/criminals in church. That’s wrong there, IMO. You don’t pray for evil. You don’t understand evil. You eradicate it, you cast it out.
You do not defend a thing unless you are OF it.
And those who chanted FOR Paterno have taken the wrong side in this good/evil scenario. I didn’t say everyone present chanted for him.
Anger at how things were allowed to develop??!! Things regarding WHAT? CHILD RAPE! Pedophilia! CRIME. The ‘how’ isn’t as important as the ‘what’!So those fans think it is- and that’s reasonable? Do you think it is??
I wonder if there would be all of this understanding and rationalization if the fans on the OPPOSING side had demonstrated AGAINST Paterno? What if they had brought mention of a CRIME into a game?? Nice little chants, or signs,or anything bringing the ugliness of what happened into a game?
You know and so do I. The howls of ‘unfair’ and ‘keep football out of this’ would be deafening Ok-then WHO didn’t keep IT out of football??
If it is ok for one side its ok for the other-and there are a LOT of football games in the future where public opinion can be expressed in this matter. Are you ready for that? Are you ok with that?
Ready for the stigma? Ready for the ugliness of child rape to be brought out in every football game?
Cause that’s what can happen-BECAUSE some Penn State fans CHOSE to USE football as an opportunity to support the wrong side of this.
Oh, BTW, this whole conversation is ironic because I LOATHE football!
Except when certain posters wish to conveniently link a football program to the actions of a few, in which case it is apparently about morals. But the minute the program attempts to make a statement supporting morality, these same posters will label it opportunistic and inappropriate. In essence, they're damned if they do and damned id they don't.
And before you ask0 I would have a BIG problem praying for the PREDATORS/criminals in church. That’s wrong there, IMO. You don’t pray for evil. You don’t understand evil. You eradicate it, you cast it out. You do not defend a thing unless you are OF it.
And no one was praying for / supporting any predators yesterday either. Arguments about whether you'd pray for God's intervention to change the hearts of predators can be best saved for another thread.
And those who chanted FOR Paterno have taken the wrong side in this good/evil scenario. I didn’t say everyone present chanted for him. Anger at how things were allowed to develop??!! Things regarding WHAT? CHILD RAPE! Pedophilia! CRIME. The ‘how’ isn’t as important as the ‘what’!So those fans think it is- and that’s reasonable? Do you think it is??
In essence, the near-unanimous views of Penn Staters are this:
1. Paterno appears to have known what went on and should have been fired
2. The Board of Trustees / PSU Administration's lack of comments early last week allowed the media jackals to direct all their furor at paterno.
3. This is due to the fact that the BoT and Administration is (rather transparently) attempting to divert attention from their own (in)actions
4. The BoT fired Paterno via a phone call, which reflects quite poorly on them
5. It is true at the same time that Paterno failed but also that he was unfairly targeted and ripped in this situation
As I mentioned before, it's important to understand the context before making blanket statements about actions.
I wonder if there would be all of this understanding and rationalization if the fans on the OPPOSING side had demonstrated AGAINST Paterno? What if they had brought mention of a CRIME into a game?? Nice little chants, or signs,or anything bringing the ugliness of what happened into a game?
We'll never know. No point in speculating either way.
You know and so do I. The howls of ‘unfair’ and ‘keep football out of this’ would be deafening Ok-then WHO didn’t keep IT out of football??
I don't agree. I could easily see it going in either direction.