Agreed. You raise an interesting angle that needs more discussion: What would I do if this happened @ my alma mater? I would surmise -- because this is an underlying cultural issue -- that would you get people divided on both sides...like what has happened at Penn State.
This discussion came up a bit in the original posted article of Paterno's firing, which is up to 830 posts now: Penn State trustees fire football coach Joe Paterno and PSU president Spanier
FREEPER poster Rintense made this interesting comment @ post #118 of that thread:
"I'm a Michigan State alum. My boss is a U of M alum. And we had a very heated talk today about all this- heated because we were in complete agreement that had this happened at either of our schools, and had been handled as poorly, etc. we'd be protesting every single day on campus and never wear a single school color again. I went a step farther and said I'd chuck my framed diploma at the admin building and tell them to burn in hell. It IS that bad out there."
So...does this mean that if the Michigan schools had done this, the alumni would be so up in arms that you might have massive protests?...Yet @ Penn State, the students were seemingly more concerned with their local cultural god, Joe Paterno, than they were the victims when they rioted?
In hindsight, I don't think it's that black and white...
Oh...and btw one might conclude that alumni and students @ Indiana University don't have ANYTHING to say to Penn State people if they've never spoken out vs. Alfred Kinsey: Indiana U. IS another Big 10 university that "outpedophiles" Penn State! See How Alfred C. Kinsey’s Sex Studies Have Harmed Women and Children [Big 10 harbors perp culture]
In the days to come, I have no doubt we will find that a vast majority of the school administrative staff, various members of the football staff, etc. were all involved in some of the most sexually deviant, depraved and morally bankrupt, illegal activities we could ever imagine.
And they used the pillar of morality, Joe Paterno, as their cover.
I am not defending Paterno. He is part of the cover up. He failed to do the right thing and put football above the very young people he has been preaching about for decades.
But there is no doubt that the underbelly of this scandal counted on Paterno's high character and above suspicion morality as the deflector for their depravity.