Did you ever try to wrap your head around a news story but found that all the pieces didn't add up? Here in PA the big and ONLY news story is the firing of Joe Paterno, head football coach at Penn State for the last 46 years.
Now, I'm not a football fan, so I could care less about him being fired and how this will affect the season. What I'm finding hard to believe is that students actually rioted in the streets last night because he was fired. I would think they would be more outraged that he failed to report the crime of child molestation that was taking place in his own locker room. Sure, he told the school administration, but hell, you can't have that sort of scandal screwing up your football program, can you? It took fifteen years for someone to finally call the cops. Fifteen years and at least eight young men whose lives will never be the same.
I say shame on Joe "let's just say a prayer for the victims" Paterno, Penn State, and a sports-crazed world that believes football is more important than actual human beings.
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5 comments:
I'm a huge football fan, but you're certainly right here. Paterno should have done far more when the situation was brought to his attention than just pass it on. There's no excuse.
Deplorable. The conspiracy of men in the Catholic Church that kept it to themselves seems to be more wide spread than we thought. Are institutions like the Church or a football team more important than the innocence of children Disgusting and disheartening.
What really pisses me off, Charles, is he knew what was going on, did nothing, then every interview since it hit the news he says we ought to pray for the victims. What a hypocrite!
Seems so, Patti.
Seems like it's getting worse if the new rumors are true.
Yes, this isn't going to go away anytime soon. The rug's been flipped and there's no way they're goiing to be able to hide the dirt anymore. College's seem to believe that they can hide behind their own system of laws on campus to protect themselves.
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