Jerry Sandusky accused of child molestation (3 Viewers)

[timschochet]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

Each kid wasn't diddled in the shower and only the shower.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

The point is that these people typically aren't attracted to adults of either gender. They do tend to focus on boys or girls though and most molesters target girls.

 

[Christo]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

 

[Christo]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

I don't know that he did.

Let's go on what we do know. As of now, each accuser is male. If we, unfortunately, find a female victim, then it's open to debate about the psychiatric disorder being the problem.I look at it as a man who was ashamed of what he was and only acted upon his urges with people that he had authority over. Children that were, to a point, dependent upon him and in no position to tell him what he was doing is wrong.

That shows a complete misunderstanding of the subject.

 

[General Malaise]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

 

[timschochet]

Again from Dr. Wickllund:

Myth no. 6. Boys are molested by homosexuals not straight men.

Research has shown most men who molest boys are straight, married and have intimate relations with their wives. Only 10% of admitted molesters describe themselves as homosexual.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6716990

 

[Limp Ditka]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

 

[timschochet]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

 

[timschochet]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

About 90% of the time, according to studies.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

that's not an absolute.

it means the two are not correlated with one another from a statistical sense, based on available research.

 

[Christo]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

As opposed to someone like you who has demonstrated a complete lack of understanding? Homosexuals don't go around preying on children because they are ashamed of their homosexuality. And it's sad that you seek to perpetuate this long debunked nonsense.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

Sounds like Turkey to me.Seriously, why are pre-pubescent boys ever showering with adults unless it is a quick wash before or after at a public pool?

 

[timschochet]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

Sounds like Turkey to me.Seriously, why are pre-pubescent boys ever showering with adults unless it is a quick wash before or after at a public pool?

I have no idea. I wasn't trying to make a big argument about it, only suggesting that perhaps Sandusky chose boys because he had more exposure to boys. What I wrote about showering is stuff I've read and before, but I have no hard evidence one way or another. But it was somewhat common in my youth.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

Sounds like Turkey to me.Seriously, why are pre-pubescent boys ever showering with adults unless it is a quick wash before or after at a public pool?

I have no idea. I wasn't trying to make a big argument about it, only suggesting that perhaps Sandusky chose boys because he had more exposure to boys. What I wrote about showering is stuff I've read and before, but I have no hard evidence one way or another. But it was somewhat common in my youth.

Can you offer an example? I mean really outside of pools I can't really think of where this would ever be necessary. In high school the coaches took showers but not with the team. When I was younger the only time I ever saw an adult near the shower was the gym teacher and he waited outside the towel area.

 

[fatness]

Can we just keep Carolina Hustler out of this thread?

Only until Zimmerman says Sandusky molested him.

 

[CrossEyed]

Oh, and his wife should go to jail too. No way she didn't know this stuff was going on.

Is there some kind of evidence that would cause you to make this assumption? Because if you're simply relying on common sense, I can assure you that the spouses of these monsters rarely know what they're up to.

Come on Tim, use your head here. Do you really think it's possible for a serial pedophile to abuse multiple victims over a period of decades, often in the basement of his home, and the woman that he lives with has no idea what's going on? Sorry, I don't buy it.

http://ezinearticles.com/?8-Myths-About-Child-Molesters&id=67169908 Myths about Child Molestors

by Patricia Wickland, PHD

2. The wife always knows and condones or even encourages his behavior.

Typically wives of child molesters are the last to know. Men who molest keep their activities secret and often threaten their victims not to tell or they will hurt their mothers or other family members.

This is only one source of many all over the web. I advise you to google "Wives of child molestors". You will find that my assertion that it is EXTREMELY unusual for the wife to know is correct. I am not saying it applies to this situation necessarily because there may be specific evidence otherwise. But for you and others to make the assumption based on "of course she had to know" is flat wrong.

Last to know or last to admit? I just have a hard time believing that a person can't see the signs unless they purposely look the other way.

 

[CrossEyed]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

I played sports my entire life growing up. Football, basketball, and baseball. And I can say that I never showered in the same shower at the same time as a coach. Never.

 

[timschochet]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

Sounds like Turkey to me.Seriously, why are pre-pubescent boys ever showering with adults unless it is a quick wash before or after at a public pool?

I have no idea. I wasn't trying to make a big argument about it, only suggesting that perhaps Sandusky chose boys because he had more exposure to boys. What I wrote about showering is stuff I've read and before, but I have no hard evidence one way or another. But it was somewhat common in my youth.

Can you offer an example? I mean really outside of pools I can't really think of where this would ever be necessary. In high school the coaches took showers but not with the team. When I was younger the only time I ever saw an adult near the shower was the gym teacher and he waited outside the towel area.

When I was in 5th grade I was on a football team in Westminster, CA. I didn't last long; I was too small and I hated it. But we showered with the coaches. I can also recall, as a kid, when I belonged to a karate studio and going to a tournament- there were group showers and adults and kids all showered together. Nobody ever was concerned back then, so far as I know - that was the 1970s.

 

[fatness]

"He told me that if I ever told anyone that I'd never see my family again," the former foster child said Wednesday, the third day of testimony in Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial.

He said it terrified him when Sandusky uttered the threat after the coach pinned him while wrestling in the basement of the Sandusky home and performed oral sex on him.

link from today's hearing

Also Wednesday, another man, identified as Victim 5, said he met Sandusky at Second Mile Camp in 1999 and began attending Penn State games with Sandusky and others. In 2001, he said, Sandusky asked him to work out at a gym on campus and then groped him in the showers. Fighting back tears, he testified that Sandusky "kept lurching forward, but I didn't have anywhere to go. I felt his penis on my back." He said Sandusky touched his genitals "and then he took my hand and placed it on his."

Afterward, the 23-year-old man said, Sandusky drove him home and made "no eye contact" with him. They had no contact since.

 

[fatness]

Janitor Ronald Petrosky took the stand and quoted coworker Jim Calhoun's words: "Buck, I just witnessed something in there I'll never forget the rest of my life. That man that just left, he had that boy against the shower wall licking on his privates."

link

 

[Christo]

Oh, and his wife should go to jail too. No way she didn't know this stuff was going on.

Is there some kind of evidence that would cause you to make this assumption? Because if you're simply relying on common sense, I can assure you that the spouses of these monsters rarely know what they're up to.

Come on Tim, use your head here. Do you really think it's possible for a serial pedophile to abuse multiple victims over a period of decades, often in the basement of his home, and the woman that he lives with has no idea what's going on? Sorry, I don't buy it.

http://ezinearticles.com/?8-Myths-About-Child-Molesters&id=67169908 Myths about Child Molestors

by Patricia Wickland, PHD

2. The wife always knows and condones or even encourages his behavior.

Typically wives of child molesters are the last to know. Men who molest keep their activities secret and often threaten their victims not to tell or they will hurt their mothers or other family members.

This is only one source of many all over the web. I advise you to google "Wives of child molestors". You will find that my assertion that it is EXTREMELY unusual for the wife to know is correct. I am not saying it applies to this situation necessarily because there may be specific evidence otherwise. But for you and others to make the assumption based on "of course she had to know" is flat wrong.

Last to know or last to admit? I just have a hard time believing that a person can't see the signs unless they purposely look the other way.

What signs?

 

[Billy Bats]

Amendola's defense is going to be that they're all lying?? Are these people that secluded in their own little Penn State world that they don't think they can be prosecuted or found guilty in the court of law? They still think they're untouchable after all of this, it still amazes me.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Who cares if he was gay or not?

 

[Todd Andrews]

[

That's really an awful thing to say.

if this wasn't so sad.

You don't think it's awful to hope someone who committed no crime at all suffered a painful death? I don't want to party with you.

Well, I think he was a collaborator, enabler and conspirator to child rape. Do you want to party with me?

No, you don't sound very bright.

Serious question: if you made a friend here in the FFA and went camping with him and had a few beers, then woke up the next morning with dirt under your fingernails and a sore heinie but couldnt remember anything about the night before...would you tell anyone?

 

[TexanFan02]

[

That's really an awful thing to say.

if this wasn't so sad.

You don't think it's awful to hope someone who committed no crime at all suffered a painful death? I don't want to party with you.

Well, I think he was a collaborator, enabler and conspirator to child rape. Do you want to party with me?

No, you don't sound very bright.

Serious question: if you made a friend here in the FFA and went camping with him and had a few beers, then woke up the next morning with dirt under your fingernails and a sore heinie but couldnt remember anything about the night before...would you tell anyone?

This just confirms my previous comment on you.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Perhaps it's boys because he had access to boys? Men and girls don't normally shower together; men and boys often do.

WAIT, WHAT?????Where is this going on?

It doesn't happen as often as it used to, precisely because of incidents like these. But in the past, when boys' sports were concerned that involved showering, often coaches would shower at the same time as the students.

Sounds like Turkey to me.Seriously, why are pre-pubescent boys ever showering with adults unless it is a quick wash before or after at a public pool?

Used to have a jr high gym teacher / basketball coach that would stand in the doorway of the shower and stare at us. Only way to get a towel was from him. Not quite showering with, but about as close as you can get.

 

[Todd Andrews]

[

That's really an awful thing to say.

if this wasn't so sad.

You don't think it's awful to hope someone who committed no crime at all suffered a painful death? I don't want to party with you.

Well, I think he was a collaborator, enabler and conspirator to child rape. Do you want to party with me?

No, you don't sound very bright.

Serious question: if you made a friend here in the FFA and went camping with him and had a few beers, then woke up the next morning with dirt under your fingernails and a sore heinie but couldnt remember anything about the night before...would you tell anyone?

This just confirms my previous comment on you.

Is that a no?

 

[TexanFan02]

Amendola's defense is going to be that they're all lying?? Are these people that secluded in their own little Penn State world that they don't think they can be prosecuted or found guilty in the court of law? They still think they're untouchable after all of this, it still amazes me.

Hey, we've got guys in here defending the people that allowed and enabled Sandusky to do these things. Nothing much amazes me about this anymore.

 

[Limp Ditka]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

As opposed to someone like you who has demonstrated a complete lack of understanding? Homosexuals don't go around preying on children because they are ashamed of their homosexuality. And it's sad that you seek to perpetuate this long debunked nonsense.

It's not long debunked. It's just not the norm and there are exceptions based on these studies. These people are homosexuals 10% of the time. I'll take my chances on Sandusky falling into that 10%.

 

[Limp Ditka]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

As opposed to someone like you who has demonstrated a complete lack of understanding? Homosexuals don't go around preying on children because they are ashamed of their homosexuality. And it's sad that you seek to perpetuate this long debunked nonsense.

It's not long debunked. It's just not the norm and there are exceptions based on these studies. These people are homosexuals 10% of the time. I'll take my chances on Sandusky falling into that 10%.

Especially since he seems to have preyed upon boys at the age they were reaching puberty. From what we know, this guy wasn't going after 7-8 year old kids. He was going after kids on the cusp of their teenage years.

 

[CrossEyed]

Oh, and his wife should go to jail too. No way she didn't know this stuff was going on.

Is there some kind of evidence that would cause you to make this assumption? Because if you're simply relying on common sense, I can assure you that the spouses of these monsters rarely know what they're up to.

Come on Tim, use your head here. Do you really think it's possible for a serial pedophile to abuse multiple victims over a period of decades, often in the basement of his home, and the woman that he lives with has no idea what's going on? Sorry, I don't buy it.

http://ezinearticles.com/?8-Myths-About-Child-Molesters&id=67169908 Myths about Child Molestors

by Patricia Wickland, PHD

2. The wife always knows and condones or even encourages his behavior.

Typically wives of child molesters are the last to know. Men who molest keep their activities secret and often threaten their victims not to tell or they will hurt their mothers or other family members.

This is only one source of many all over the web. I advise you to google "Wives of child molestors". You will find that my assertion that it is EXTREMELY unusual for the wife to know is correct. I am not saying it applies to this situation necessarily because there may be specific evidence otherwise. But for you and others to make the assumption based on "of course she had to know" is flat wrong.

Last to know or last to admit? I just have a hard time believing that a person can't see the signs unless they purposely look the other way.

What signs?

So you're posting here but haven't read/seen anything about this case in the news? What signs? Really?

 

[Christo]

[

That's really an awful thing to say.

if this wasn't so sad.

You don't think it's awful to hope someone who committed no crime at all suffered a painful death? I don't want to party with you.

Well, I think he was a collaborator, enabler and conspirator to child rape. Do you want to party with me?

No, you don't sound very bright.

Serious question: if you made a friend here in the FFA and went camping with him and had a few beers, then woke up the next morning with dirt under your fingernails and a sore heinie but couldnt remember anything about the night before...would you tell anyone?

Are you making him an offer?

 

[Joe Summer]

Especially since he seems to have preyed upon boys at the age they were reaching puberty. From what we know, this guy wasn't going after 7-8 year old kids. He was going after kids on the cusp of their teenage years.

Victim #5 was 8 years old.Oh, and you're a sicko if you think pre-teen boys are the same as adult men.

 

[Christo]

can we go back to the Sandusky is not gay thing? I'm puzzled by this.

I don't buy it either, not that it particularly matters, but there would have to be obvious homosexual tendencies.

Why? Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder which manifests itself as an interest in children as sex objects. It has nothing to do with how the pedophiles relate to adults sexually except that some pedophiles have no interest in adults sexually.

Then why did he only diddle boys?

why does it matter?it's wrong whether it was little girls or little boys.

Of course it is. But if there's no homosexuality involved, then all kids should have been fair game to him, not 1/2 of them. As far as we know, each and every accuse was male.

Some people are heterosexual, some people are homosexual, some people are bisexual, some people are pedophiles who only have an interest in the same sex, some people are pedophiles who only have interest in the opposite sex, some people are pedophiles that have interest in both sexes. Some pedophiles maintain sexual relationships with adults. Some pedophiles have no sexual relationships with adults. For years people accused homosexuals of also being child sex predators. There's plenty of research that shows that pedophilia is not related to a person's adult sexual orientation.

100% all of the time. Got it. People and their absolutes drive me nuts.

As opposed to someone like you who has demonstrated a complete lack of understanding? Homosexuals don't go around preying on children because they are ashamed of their homosexuality. And it's sad that you seek to perpetuate this long debunked nonsense.

It's not long debunked. It's just not the norm and there are exceptions based on these studies. These people are homosexuals 10% of the time. I'll take my chances on Sandusky falling into that 10%.

Based upon what?

 

[Christo]

Especially since he seems to have preyed upon boys at the age they were reaching puberty. From what we know, this guy wasn't going after 7-8 year old kids. He was going after kids on the cusp of their teenage years.

Which would still just make him a pedophile.

 

[Christo]

Oh, and his wife should go to jail too. No way she didn't know this stuff was going on.

Is there some kind of evidence that would cause you to make this assumption? Because if you're simply relying on common sense, I can assure you that the spouses of these monsters rarely know what they're up to.

Come on Tim, use your head here. Do you really think it's possible for a serial pedophile to abuse multiple victims over a period of decades, often in the basement of his home, and the woman that he lives with has no idea what's going on? Sorry, I don't buy it.

http://ezinearticles.com/?8-Myths-About-Child-Molesters&id=67169908 Myths about Child Molestors

by Patricia Wickland, PHD

2. The wife always knows and condones or even encourages his behavior.

Typically wives of child molesters are the last to know. Men who molest keep their activities secret and often threaten their victims not to tell or they will hurt their mothers or other family members.

This is only one source of many all over the web. I advise you to google "Wives of child molestors". You will find that my assertion that it is EXTREMELY unusual for the wife to know is correct. I am not saying it applies to this situation necessarily because there may be specific evidence otherwise. But for you and others to make the assumption based on "of course she had to know" is flat wrong.

Last to know or last to admit? I just have a hard time believing that a person can't see the signs unless they purposely look the other way.

What signs?

So you're posting here but haven't read/seen anything about this case in the news? What signs? Really?

You don't have to answer the question if you don't want.

 

[Christo]

Especially since he seems to have preyed upon boys at the age they were reaching puberty. From what we know, this guy wasn't going after 7-8 year old kids. He was going after kids on the cusp of their teenage years.

Victim #5 was 8 years old.Oh, and you're a sicko if you think pre-teen boys are the same as adult men.

This is even stronger evidence that Sandusky isn't a homosexual and a pedophile. If he were also a homosexual he wouldn't stop when they reached puberty.

 

[HughHoney]

This guy is creeeeeepy.

TexanFan or Sandusky?

 

[cubd8]

he founded that charity in the mid-70's to prey on young kids who were from damaged homes so that nobody would believe them if they came forward

I would guess that the bigger motivation for preying on kids who have no father figure around was to avoid getting punched in the face, and to target kids with no guidance or support system, rather than looking at it as an effective way to dodge future accusations.

I don't disagree with that, he targeted kids from troubled homes/family, I doubt he was looking at future prosecutions, but who would even believe a troubled kid over a guy like Sandusky who was an icon in the community?

 

[Todd Andrews]

[

That's really an awful thing to say.

if this wasn't so sad.

You don't think it's awful to hope someone who committed no crime at all suffered a painful death? I don't want to party with you.

Well, I think he was a collaborator, enabler and conspirator to child rape. Do you want to party with me?

No, you don't sound very bright.

Serious question: if you made a friend here in the FFA and went camping with him and had a few beers, then woke up the next morning with dirt under your fingernails and a sore heinie but couldnt remember anything about the night before...would you tell anyone?

Are you making him an offer?

Depends.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I'm not going to get too deep into this gay v pedophile thing, but I want people to ask themselves this:

If you are a heterosexual man do you find yourself attracted to 10 and 11 year old girls?

I just don't think sexual orientation and pedophilia are associated, it's not natural or reasonable to be sexually attracted to a child. Now at the point where a child becomes an adult it can get tricky (some ancient and Middle Eastern cultures offer examples, or even in our American urban ghettos) but it's pretty black and white with a four or eleven-year-old child. No gray area, none.

 

[Joe Summer]

Why do we care about labeling Sandusky as homosexual or heterosexual? At all?

It makes people feel better about being a homophobe.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Especially since he seems to have preyed upon boys at the age they were reaching puberty. From what we know, this guy wasn't going after 7-8 year old kids. He was going after kids on the cusp of their teenage years.

Victim #5 was 8 years old.Oh, and you're a sicko if you think pre-teen boys are the same as adult men.

This is even stronger evidence that Sandusky isn't a homosexual and a pedophile. If he were also a homosexual he wouldn't stop when they reached puberty.

Not saying that he isn't a pedophile. He clearly meets the clinical definition. I just think it's silly to say he isn't homosexual when he presumably only acted upon males. There's been plenty of cases where homosexual men have a girlfriend / wife / family for whatever reason they see fit and act upon their sexual desires through other avenues. To me, there's no reason to think Sandusky wasn't capable of doing this. Personally, I think it's likely. Research might say different, but it really doesn't matter to me. I don't look at homosexuality as being wrong. I am firmly in the camp of people being born the way they are born. And certainly don't think anything but a minute few are capable of predatory behavior like this. This goes for both sides of the sexuality fence. Plenty of straight people are predators upon the young too. What I have a problem with is how people act out based upon their desires. And when you start getting clinical definitions, and disorders labeled to things like this, excuses are being made and loopholes are being created for this swine. I simply have a hard time with that when it comes to something like pedophilia.

 

[Christo]

Especially since he seems to have preyed upon boys at the age they were reaching puberty. From what we know, this guy wasn't going after 7-8 year old kids. He was going after kids on the cusp of their teenage years.

Victim #5 was 8 years old.Oh, and you're a sicko if you think pre-teen boys are the same as adult men.

This is even stronger evidence that Sandusky isn't a homosexual and a pedophile. If he were also a homosexual he wouldn't stop when they reached puberty.

Not saying that he isn't a pedophile. He clearly meets the clinical definition. I just think it's silly to say he isn't homosexual when he presumably only acted upon males. There's been plenty of cases where homosexual men have a girlfriend / wife / family for whatever reason they see fit and act upon their sexual desires through other avenues. To me, there's no reason to think Sandusky wasn't capable of doing this. Personally, I think it's likely.

Research might say different, but it really doesn't matter to me. I don't look at homosexuality as being wrong. I am firmly in the camp of people being born the way they are born. And certainly don't think anything but a minute few are capable of predatory behavior like this. This goes for both sides of the sexuality fence. Plenty of straight people are predators upon the young too. What I have a problem with is how people act out based upon their desires. And when you start getting clinical definitions, and disorders labeled to things like this, excuses are being made and loopholes are being created for this swine.

I simply have a hard time with that when it comes to something like pedophilia.

La-la-la-la-la, I can't hear you, la-la-la-la-la-la-la.

 

[Todd Andrews]

Pretty sure that vile piece of crap rapist would have done whatever he could with little girls, too, if he thought he could get away with it.

And Paterno would have enabled it.

 

[Chaka]

Surprisingly quiet in here with the trial getting started.

Great piece by Lavar Arrington in the Washington Post today.

LaVar

The media lost interest once Paterno died...

So sad because that statement is so true.

It was one of the lead stories yesterday on abc's good morning america and again on their nightly news.

Yeah, locally, every station has a reporter on site and it's been the lead story every night since last week.

I'm sure it has been.....but it's past by the rest of the country.

Uhhhhh...no it hasn't.

This place is a fairly decent barometer. The thread has gone from 100's of posts and hour, to a few a day.

How's it trending now?

 

[Godsbrother]

Who cares if he was gay or not?

He was sucking XXXX. That is gay in my book.

 

[Sea Duck]

Why do we care about labeling Sandusky as homosexual or heterosexual? At all?

It makes people feel better about being a homophobe.

Sigh

And it can also create a false sense of security. I bet there were a lot of people at Penn State and Second Mile who thought, "There's no way he'd ever molest a little boy, because he's a happily married heterosexual." And I bet Sandusky's own wife thought that, too.

 

[Sea Duck]

Who cares if he was gay or not?

He was sucking XXXX. That is gay in my book.

If he had sex with a 4-year-old girl, would you consider that to be "heterosexual" behavior?