Or do we simply abandon all reason when our masters in the media say the magic words? Just wondering.
Go read the grand jury investigation, jackass. Or are you still lighting candles around your statue of Paterno?
Apparently you just woke up from a seven day nap.
I would like to give you details but you can go get them yourself.
Bottom line, the whole university up to the president, county officials, pubic school officials, county DA, on and on were covering up for a sex-ring. More heads will roll.
Generally Free rebublic has not in the past put up with people defending serial pedophelia to the degree to which you are engaging on this thread, Teacher317. In spite of the grand jury testimony and the previous investigations and the revelations that keep coming.
No matter how long you have been on the site
It’s quite obvious you either know nothing of the facts or you don’t give a damn. The new wagons didn’t come out UNTIL A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF SEVERAL YEARS CONCLUDED! Who do you think those jurors, the district attorney and police spoke to to reach this report? Spirits from beyond? They spoke to the victims and their families!
Do yourself a favor and shut up.
Talk about lack of criminal & cultural comprehension. You're one of our best candidate-exemplars.
Sandusky will be tried before a jury of his peers. His a criminal legal prosecution.
Penn State coaches & admins had a few other "bars" to be accountable to:
The first one was the "bar of ethics," which since Sandusky retired in '99 -- can no longer be held accountable to:
NCAA Bylaw 2.4: The Principles of Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct. For intercollegiate athletics to promote the character development of participants, to enhance the integrity of higher education and to promote civility in society, student-athletes, coaches, and all others associated with these athletics programs and events should adhere to such fundamental values as respect, fairness, civility, honesty and responsibility. These values should be manifest not only in athletics participation but also in the broad spectrum of activities affecting the athletics program.
Penn State's athletic program and their admins utterly "flunked" this bar exam. They did not lionize honesty and responsibility; instead some chose to "lionize" the spirit of Alfred Kinsey, who facilitated child sexual abuse via the Indiana Univ. studies. You'll note how Indiana Univ. officials have covered up the child abuse in Kinsey's studies for over 50 years now! Hence, the Big 10 is the pedophile conference of the world!
On top of that, indeed the "bar of public opinion" kicked in. So what? A Democratic Congressman was elected to office to represent Utah in 1898...but grassroots America found out he (B.H. Roberts) had married his third simultaneous wife after the Mormons said they would do a turn-around on polygamy. 28 banners with 7 MILLION signatures were delivered to that 1898 Congress, which then sent Roberts packing back home.
What's wrong with grassroots America speaking to the decision-makers? Or do you prefer that we be censored?
The fact that the families did not come forward until the news wagons were out front should tell you something.
Wow! Such cultural ignorance! Either you don't understand State College and JoePa as the cultural idol there -- and the risks one takes in taking on such a "god" -- or you have a flight of reality going on. Even worse, what? You think these teens & children should "come forward" into the limelight. Wow! How insensitive can you possibly be to these victims?
You reflect well the "all about me and my identity" culture.
Interesting thread. Serial homosexual pedophile, Big Important Man so was covered up by others who knew of his ongoing serial rapes of boys, and to top it all off, Teacher317 making comments as though it’s all hyperbole and no big deal. After all, making a big deal out of it could hurt the sports team or season or something. What has happened! Why is the disgusting rape of little boys no big deal? Hyperbole? I’m sick. Shut down the whole freaking university if need be. Anyone raping little kids should be executed! And anyone who knew about it and did nothing should be imprisoned!
And anyone on FR who thinks child rape no big deal doesn’t belong here.
Penn State created a GAY-FRIENDLY CULTURE that looked the other way while kids got RAPED. What part of that do you not understand?
the students are as much victims of the administration that swept all of this under the rug as the kids are.
The grand jury testimony is very clear, Paterno knew about what was happening.
The Grad student SAW the act.
None of this is alleged, these are from their own lips.
The FACT that nothing was done for 9 years is what this is about.