Wow...No but he didn't rape them. Sandusky is the one that deserves the outrage. Paterno should have done more to stop it but he didn't rape the kids.
Wow...No but he didn't rape them. Sandusky is the one that deserves the outrage. Paterno should have done more to stop it but he didn't rape the kids.
No but he didn't rape them. Sandusky is the one that deserves the outrage. Paterno should have done more to stop it but he didn't rape the kids.
Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.Let's say you start dating a girl and you really, really like her. She's become special to you. She came from a home with a lot of siblings, raised by a single mom, and was vulnerable.
A few months later, you find out that her uncle who visits to wash his clothes a few times a week has been arrested for molesting her and all of her siblings repeatedly for 30+ years. You'd be legitimately pissed at the uncle, but might feel some empathy for the mom and want to go offer her support. So you do, and find out that she knew the entire time that he was systematically violating her daughters and ruining their lives. She would walk in, see it was happening, turn her head and walk out, and let him come over two days later to do a new load of laundry - even making him dinner.
You don't think the mom has any responsibility there to protect the kids under her own roof?
That was....oddly specific.Let's say you start dating a girl and you really, really like her. She's become special to you. She came from a home with a lot of siblings, raised by a single mom, and was vulnerable.
A few months later, you find out that her uncle who visits to wash his clothes a few times a week has been arrested for molesting her and all of her siblings repeatedly for 30+ years. You'd be legitimately pissed at the uncle, but might feel some empathy for the mom and want to go offer her support. So you do, and find out that she knew the entire time that he was systematically violating her daughters and ruining their lives. She would walk in, see it was happening, turn her head and walk out, and let him come over two days later to do a new load of laundry - even making him dinner.
You don't think the mom has any responsibility there to protect the kids under her own roof?
We're talking about kids getting raped for years, maybe a little more than the bare minimum should be expected of him.Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.
That was....oddly specific.
I know this isn't a popular opinion but we shouldn't ignore his accomplishments just because of the scandal.
Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.
We're talking about kids getting raped for years, maybe a little more than the bare minimum should be expected of him.
Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.
Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.
I gave it a rainbow to help lighten it up.Is there a "frightened" button for Angie's posts?
No but he didn't rape them. Sandusky is the one that deserves the outrage. Paterno should have done more to stop it but he didn't rape the kids.
Have you considered the idea that every time he is praised, celebrated, or even defended (as you are doing here), the implication is that his ability to win football games is more important to Penn St fans than the lives, safety and sanity of Sandusky's victims?Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.
Morally yes. He made an awful mistake not perusing it. I got the impression at that point Paterno was on a don't bother me with anything not relating to football policy.I am not demonizing you at all - just saying that, he clearly saw that nothing happened after he "reported" it. A day passed, a year, a decade. If children are being raped in your locker room, don't you think it's a moral obligation as a pillar of the community and shaper of young minds to keep blowing that whistle until something gets done? Fire him, report him to the police, etc.
Morally yes. He made an awful mistake not perusing it. I got the impression at that point Paterno was on a don't bother me with anything not relating to football policy.
My biggest issue is I've always felt like people treat him as if he actually was the rapist.
Yes I would even forgive Sandusky. Holding grudges isn't healthy.Let's put yourself in the victim's shoes or let's pretend that your family is Sandusky's victim. Will you absolve Paderno?