Yes, even a normally intelligent forum like Free Republic has its share of simpletons.

I only hope some of the big-mouths around here some day have somebody point at them and mistakenly allege that they are homosexual pedophiles, since they think pointing at a man and making that accusation is an easy, happy-go-lucky thing to do.

The fact is, the assistant coach Mike McQueary never told Paterno that he witnessed an actual rape. But the old man was creeped out enough by the possibility that his former assistant coach may have done something very "inapproriate" that he did indeed send the matter up the chain of command to people who were supposed to look into it further. Those people, we now know, failed to do so.

It's scary, all the big-mouth nobodies around here who love to crucify Paterno because they apparently think it's no big deal to point at a man and accuse him of being a homosexual pedophile. They never consider the ramifications of a mistake. (Obviously, Sandusky actually did turn out to be a homosexual pedophile, we now know.) But imagine if such a brutal accusation against a man turned out to be totally false, the result of a complete misunderstanding, or even wanton malice? What would the accuser say then? "Oops. Sorry about that, heh heh."? Yeah... "Which door do I go through to get my reputation back?"

As far as I'm concerned, you don't make that kind of accusation against somebody unless you see it with your own two eyeballs. Paterno did not. McQueary (apparently) did, although even that is by no means clear. Sandusky, in fact, was acquitted of charges involving the boy McQeary allegedly saw in the shower with Sandusky. (Anyway, I still don't get how McQueary, who was at that time in 2002 a 28-year-old employee of the university, has skated on this whole thing so far? No no... It's all Paterno's fault.)

All those years went by with Sandusky on the loose and not one victim (or victim's guardians) ever came forward (aside from the woman in 1998 whose son came home with a wet head)?? How is that even possible? Like Paterno said, Sandusky had everybody fooled. Homosexual pedophiles are sneaky that way. I don't know how the cops investigate accusations of child molestation, but I suspect they do it very quietly and carefully. (And yes, we know the cops were tipped off about Sandusky back in 1998.) After that, actual victims coming forward would certainly have propelled the investigation.

Anyway, Sandusky didn't get away with decades of homosexual pedophile rape because Joe Paterno and a couple of other university officials looked the other way - - Sandusky got away with homosexual pedophile rape for decades because at least a hundred people, including his family and friends, his Second Mile associates, university donors and benefactors, and reporters looked the other way. Apparently, the cops, too.

But no - - small little people have more fun laying everything at the feet of Joe Paterno. The Penn State Board, acting out of politically correct cowardice, joined the disgraceful lynch mob. They should all be fired.

FRegards,
LH

Great post! I would reiterate every word. I would add only that there should be a full investigation of each trustee, the "gay" friendly university president Graham Spanier who had vowed to make PSU the most "gay friendly" campus in America and obviously succeeded, and the Second Mile Foundation which may have served as a hook up service to facilitate the sexual abuse of fatherless pre-pubescent children and not just by the evil lavender Sandusky. When they finish with that, maybe some attention can be paid to the apparent murder of the elected Centre County prosecutor who was apparently investigating the PSU scandal about eight years ago when he disappeared and whose body has never been found.

May God bless you and yours!

The fact is, the assistant coach Mike McQueary never told Paterno that he witnessed an actual rape. But the old man was creeped out enough by the possibility that his former assistant coach may have done something very "inapproriate" that he did indeed send the matter up the chain of command to people who were supposed to look into it further.

That's a sickening "Jopologist" try...

Have you read page 7 of the Grand Jury Presentment???

Joseph V. Paterno testified to receiving the graduate assistant's report at his home on a Saturday morning. Paterno testified that the graduate assistant was very upset. Paterno called Tim Curley ("Curley"), Penn State Athletic Director and Paterno's immediate superior, to his home the very next day, a Sunday, and reported to him that the graduate assistant had seen Jerry Sandusky in the Lasch Building showers

fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy

It's sickening the way you reduce

fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy

to "something very inappropriate"

How can you die-hard euphemistic Penn State apologists even sleep at night? Truly pathetic.

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Paterno even knew by 1998:

rom: Freeh Report: Joe Paterno Knew In 1998

In his testimony before the grand jury investigating Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno denied knowing anything about the 1998 incident in which Sandusky was investigated but never charged after police received a report from a woman who claimed Sandusky had showered with her son and touched the boy. And in his interview with Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post shortly before his death, Paterno said, "Nobody knew about it" when asked directly about his knowledge of the 1998 case. The '98 incident, you'll recall, would have happened when Sandusky was still employed as the defensive coordinator on Paterno's staff. But the Freeh Report released this morning makes it plain as day that Paterno and other top Penn State officials were well aware of the investigation and that they had numerous discussions about it right up until the district attorney decided not to press charges. This is from a transcript of Paterno's grand jury testimony...