Posted on 01/17/2012 12:37:52 AM PST by John Roco
I would say that all normal people don't think that is where it belongs but to infer from that, that it doesn't happen, is too big a leap. Blaming his supposed ignorance on any religious upbringing is also too big of a leap.
Yeah, homosexuality wasn’t spoken of in my childhood either but we did have sissy-boys which was basically the same thing. I remember once innocently (but angrily) calling my brother a “big queer” and my mother slapping me. I just meant he was a jerk but she thought I was implying something else, lol! The adults might not have been totally educated about homosexuality but they knew enough to know what was going on.
Mr. Paterno never told his kids not to take candy from strangers? Come on!
Many women are in denial about what homosexual men do together. They prefer to believe it’s all about cuddling.
I wonder why so many in the media and their followers are more interested in getting Joe Paterno than Sandusky.
Homosexuality and related perversions such as pedophilia have been around for thousands of years. Homo sex was a crime even into the last century. For some one living their life on a college campus to say they did not know about homo and child sex is just plain silly...............
Every writer who wants to attack Joe Paterno, and knows how the state of Pennsylvania has failed to hold Sandusky accountable in the past appears to have a moral obligation to go to Sandusky’s home and take care of the issue today.
So Paterno admits to being a senile, dodering old fool for the last 20 years eh?
“Paterno’s got 15 years on me, but sex was not talked about between parents and children when I was a boy.”
Every once in a while, among all of the HATE Paterno posts, I see a post that contains a reasonable thought.
I will agree with folks who say Paterno SHOULD have known better. I happen to think he, and MANY of his generation, have a huge blind spot when it comes to sexual abuse between a man and a boy. It is something a Father of a small boy can hardly think about. It is that terrible. I think Paterno couldn’t quite take the truth of it in. I would bet, to this day, he doesn’t believe a Priest could do something like this. The truth, when it comes to this subject, is hard to process.
I don’t think Paterno is evil. Sandusky is evil. Paterno is someone who stayed way too long. He is, and has been, out of touch. I blame his family for not seeing this. He should have been done coaching years ago. Who is surprised that an old man, who’s highest priority in life is football, handled this situation so poorly?
Anyone connected to PSU in a capacity over the past 10 years to remove Paterno, should themselves be removed.
What adult son or daughter will allow their half blind, half deaf, partially crippled, impaired thinking parent, to continue driving when it is no longer safe for them OR for the other people on the road?
Someone who knows better has to take the keys away.
Name ONE person at PSU who knew better? Paterno was an accident, a poor decision, a lapse in judgement, waiting to happen.
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