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I am?Look if you guys want to spout that crap, feel free. My ignored users list is growing steadily. I just find childish crap to be a distraction in a serious discussion. If that makes me little, well, I'm not sure what to say...
No competitor of Pedo State. I am just truly sickened by their handling of this situation.
I would say it's only 'fitting' if the school fails to act by dismissing Paterno immediately. By not doing so, they are putting their priorities in the wrong place. If the school's Board does act, however, then I would regret seeing the entire institution labelled in such a way. That's unfair to all the students, staff, faculty, and alumni who had nothing to do with this. They have all been harmed by this, and they'll need to carry the stigma with them forever.
Agreed. And I think he would've been on the short list for replacements if Joe had retired at season's end under normal circumstances, but now I don't envision a scenario where a single member of the coaching staff survives.
Just give up BigJohn. Block them. I'm with you 100%, but if you could rationalize with people making jokes like this, you wouldn't have to have the conversation in the first place.
It does make you little. Complaining about it, over and over again, only brings you down to the level of the competition. You seriously can't read a posting with the word Pedo State in it without getting distracted? C'mon.and..... oh noes, not the ignore list.
Its blatant in your face lack of cleverness is the point. Which you missed. Maybe just calling it Child Rape U would be better....
There is no humor in my use of Pedo State. Until they do the right thing, they may as well be called Child Rape U.
I don't have a dog in this fight... ie not a PSU fan, alumni or a die hard fan for a rival school, but JOE MUST GO! If for no other reason than for PSU to tell the world that they are taking this seriously, are sorry and will completely cooperate with authorities going forward. The Prez of the University has to be right behind Joe as well. I am sure the assistants (minus the coward McQueary who needs to go as well)are more than capapble of running the show on Saturday. Heck, PSU ought to just forfeit now.
Your brilliance shines through. Did you think of that one all by yourself?
It wasnt difficult....
I asked the question earlier in the thread-how will Penn State PR dept handle this? Paterno's last game at Beaver Stadium.. Video tribute? do they even acknowledge it? Could be a disaster from a PR standpoint if they honor Paterno.. what would that show to the rest of the nation- "oh, look they are honoring the man who looked the other way while kids were raped".. oof.. nothing good will come of this
I can't. I have no idea what his living room looks like.
That is pretty incredible. This has obviously been bubbling out there for a long time.
I'm picturing the couches encased in plastic covers. And probably some hard candy on the coffee table.
Never been a fan of Madden, but he really nailed this article.
See, now we're cooking with gas.
I'm not particularly concerned about my chances of being raped by a child. Maybe that's just me...
Keep talking...
College football: It's important!
HellToupee doesn't get you.
This is a society wide issue that affects any organization that has power, money, and a reputation to protect. Football only has higher visibility because the consumers in this case are fans.
That's not what I asked.My alma maters have certainly had some scandals. Students committed and been the victims of sexual assaulted on campus, and even been murdered off-campus (and in at least one case I know of, murdered other students). Students have committed suicide. They've been hospitalized with alcohol poisoning and drug overdoses. Faculty and staff have also done a number of terrible things, including, I assume, committing very serious crimes like sexual assaults and the like (I have vague recollections of this, don't really feel like doing research as it is almost certainly true). And as is always the case, there are things the universities could have done to try to keep these things from happening or repeating. Therefore, I would never act like you are here, because my schools have also been guilty of the sin of inaction many many times. So I guess I'm just wondering what school you went to that is allowing you to act like such a sanctimonious [implement] with respect to Penn State.
THIS president went to his house to ask him to step downPaterno threw the guy outIf he goes to them and says"fire sandusky or i quit because you are harboring a rapist" there's no question what they do
up to 20 mentions in this thread alone! sales are going to go through the roof.
I'm going to guess a tan plaid sofa/love seat combo from about 1967. A Laz-E-Boy recliner that only Joe gets to sit in. A coffee table with a bunch of old Reader's Digests and those oversized marble thingies that are supposed to look like a bunch of grapes. One end table that with a lamp that looks like a bowling trophy and a small bowl filled with rock hard candy that tastes like old toothpaste. Throw in a really mean dachshund and/or a really obese cat that bites.
Damn...scooped me on the hard candy.
It sounds like they would have let him quit then.
He's 84 years old and his entire life's work and legacy was destroyed in a moment.
Yeah, I don't think a lot of people really understand exactly how much power Paterno had/has.
lol at the comments.
It wasn't "in a moment". He had a LOT of moments when he could have made this right.
I don't find pedophelia funny I don't think the victims would find it clever . Ithink it demeans the parents that save & work hard to give their kids an education. I think it mocks grads of the school. There are people who ahould be held accountable but I doubt its the philosophy prof. Maybe its funny in high school halls
find me someone defending sandusky and i will blast themNo kidding...Sadly it's become a full on schadenfreude orgy here for a handful of posters.What I'm saying is that this has become a witch hunt. "Kill 'em all" is the basic mantra, regardless of intent or anything else. What gets me is that if you read this thread, Paterno and McQueary's names come up 10x more than Sandusky's. I get the anger over the issue, but anyone who thinks that cancelling the season or any of the other completely hair-brained ideas is going to somehow make things better is nuts. It just goes back to the fact that America loves their heros, but they love scandals that bring them down more.
Interesting. I hope you are wrong.
from approximately 1998 to now, I'd say it took a bit more than "a moment" for this to happen.
Doilies and pictures of the grandkids sit atop the cabinet tv.
It's not like Woody Hayes punching an opposing player in the heat of the moment.
