Yep. And I say so (I said he was culpable), earlier in the thread.
But what some don't realize is that while you guys are beating him up relentlessly and theorizing that "Victim #2" is dead, there would be no "Victim #2" or, most likely, no prosecution at all without McQueary. Don't you realize that?
No, he didn't do what he morally should have done, but he did do something. That doesn't get him off the hook at all, but it should be noted.
Would you rather he be indicted and have his attorney tell him to clam up? There goes his testimony.
He did NOTHING! NOTHING!!!!!
After witnessing one of the worst possible things that could ever happen to an innocent child, he RAN AWAY!
That night he called his dad -- his dad -- while some other's father's son was being raped!
Then, 24 hours later he talked to Joe Paterno.
That 10-year-old boy could have been my grandson!
You are the most vile POS I've ever encountered on Free Republic.
If you're not zotted, I hope you rot in hell with all the other moral cowards who do NOTHING while children are raped!!!
Sure, he did do something. Not much, but something. That’s not what people are condemning him for. Speaking for myself, I’m condemning him for not doing enough. Simply telling Joe Paterno, and then clamming up while you know that the crimes are continuing unabated for 8 years is not enough.
I’m not going to applaud him for doing the bare minimum to assuage his conscience. I can’t really believe that he was successful in assuaging it, but then again, I don’t know what the state of that man’s conscience is.
I haven’t speculated that victim 2 is dead, I have no idea and haven’t read all the Grand Jury stuff anyway.
Telling his fahter was tantamount to doing nothing, it was an almost useless token. What is the purpose of “doing something” when another human being is being violated - especially a child? The purpose is simple:
To protect the person being so violated. And secondarily, to bring the violater to the attention of law enforcement.
Since what McQueary did neither protected the child, nor did anything to bring Sandusky to the attention of the law (other than bringing a bit of info years later), his small token “doing something” did basically squat.
And since he is and was a large young man, he could very easily have stopped the incredibly disgusting attack on the small boy. I hope McQueary never has a sound night’s sleep for the rest of his life and what little sleep he has is haunted by nightmares.