I turned off the Glenn Beck radio show today--he went bonkers over the rioting at Penn State. Compared to the rioters of the Occupy variety, these made some sense, but Glenn threw them into the same bag. Paterno may have not done all he was morally required to do, but he did what is legally required--he went through the chain of command and assumed (mistakenly) that someone else was investigating and taking care of their responsibilities. I don't think college coaches get annual lectures from County Child Services on what to report the way public school teachers do.
Also, we live in a sex saturated society--our reality TV has unwed pregnant teens on reality shows; politicians actually defend the rights of people to watch whatever on the internet, knowing that many of these "stars" male and female are underage; whenever religious groups object to girls and women being sexualized by the entertainment media, they've considered ridiculously old fashioned (unless they are Muslims, and then it's OK); late night "comedians" made jokes about assaulting Palin's daughter without being fired; and what straight teen could ever go to his school administration after being assaulted by a gay teen in the rest room because the protected groups are the only victims recognized? This is the sexpocrisy the college kids have experienced all their lives.
So college kids riot when they see adults pointing fingers and passing the buck before there's even a trial of the guy who actually did the deed? I'm with 'em on this one. They have a lot more on their side than people trying to bring down the financial system.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
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What would you do if a little boy was being raped in front of you? I know what I'd do,,,,, and I live in the same sex saturated world that Joe and all the other muckety mucks do. Even if I heard about it second hand, I'd still do more than Joe did.
It's a lot of things, the good old boy stuff, power, money, and that old idea of keeping out of other people's business. Then there is the class thing,,,, these little boys were from a different class,, poor, broken homes,,,
Stop making excuses for JOE, HE HAD THE AUTHORITY AND HE HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY. He just didn't act in a truly moral way.
I'm certainly not making excuses for Joe--if anything I thought the students, who probably hadn't read the grand jury evidence, had more reason to riot than the Occupiers do. I don't know what was reported to Joe. And since the evidence the jury had was reported 7 months by a sports reporter before Sandusky was actually arrested, I think the entire state of PA must have been asleep!
I've talked to two school teachers about this--they get workshops on how to handle this--and guess what? Even they didn't tell the same story about authority lines and who is to be told and then where does the reporting go.
Stop rewriting what I've written just because you don't like my politics. I said clearly, "Paterno may have not done all he was morally required to do, but he did what is legally required--he went through the chain of command and assumed (mistakenly) that someone else was investigating and taking care of their responsibilities."
Paterno, as far as has been reported (and we may not be able to trust that since he was so popular), was not part of the cover-up or the deal with Sandusky's retirement. The Grand Jury's report is sickening--I think one victim would have been enough to put him away, but they had 8, and I'm sure there will be more.
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