Your argument is complete crap. All you are after is a blood frenzy and some kind of turd world blame fest. I want to catch everyone responsible and cart them to jail, not have my media sacrificial lamb that I can wallow in their symbolic blood and feel righteous. This isn’t about me, or you, or your feelings - it’s about justice.
You seem to have almost a demonic desire to focus this on Paterno and McQueary when they were but one incident in a series, many of which were outside of JoePa’s knowledge and influence but not Curley’s, Schultz’s, the campus and city cops, and the DA. Why do you keep ignoring them for your pound of flesh?
You do realize that when Paterno and McQueary reported their incident, that was the SECOND time that Sandusky had been reported for doing something inappropriate with the SAME kid? Was THAT JoePa’s responsibility too, even though he likely had never heard about it? That’s the whole point, Sandusky was retired and most of what he was doing was outside of JoePa’s influence, but not the people directly above him - Curley, Schultz, the DA, Spanier, etc.
I don’t get your willful obtuseness to try and cover up for these people. Joe had his sins of inaction, but their sins were willful obstruction, obstruction hinting at a much wider set players and a possible ring. Don’t know why you and so many others keep putting an Alinsky like focus on JoePa and ignoring the bigger fish while trying to cover it up with some crap that JoePa was this all-powerful persona that could move mountains with his mighty hand. Apparently not, since when he took McQueary to Curley, Curley sure didn’t seem scared enough of him to do anything about it.
There are alot of people to bring to justice here but you keep focusing solely on Joe Pa. It kind of bothers me.
“You do realize that when Paterno and McQueary reported their incident, that was the SECOND time that Sandusky had been reported for doing something inappropriate with the SAME kid? Was THAT JoePa’s responsibility too, even though he likely had never heard about it?”
Huh? Most of the people on the following list knew of the 1998 investigation:
President Spanier
AD Curley
VP Schultz
PSU Attorney Wendell Courtney
Second Mile Attorney Wendell Courtney
University Police (Detective Ronald Shreffler)
State College Police (Detective Ralph Ralston)
Department of Welfare (Investigator Jerry Lauro)
Child Services
County DA Gricar
County Prosecutors
Coach McQueary
Coach Paterno
Various elementary and high school officials
Second Mile officials
Joe Paterno’s staff including down to the janitors
No matter how much you personally may desire to demonize those of us who demand that every one who knew and did nothing be brought to the fullest justice possible.
Paterno wasn't just the coach at the college, he is one of the board of directors for The Second Mile. How demonic can it be to hold someone that connected to Sandusky and the harem he was making himself accountable.