RIP Joe Paterno

While Paterno definitely does deserve some blame for this, I'm not convinced that this level of vitriol towards him is reasonable.

With the benefit of hindsight it's easy to say that he could have and should have done more but that's a difficult situation. I mean, molesting a child is serious stuff and innocent people have had their reputations and lives ruined over *accusations*.

Even if we assume that the assistant didn't tell him a sanitized version of the events, rushing straight to the police station with secondhand information is just not on in my opinion. The assistant on the other hand is a grown man who should have gone to the police because he's the one who had eyewitness testimony.

Paterno went to his supervisor which was the right thing to do at the time. I agree that after finding out that the department wasn't investigating, he should have followed it up and dug into it more. That being said, phrases like "cover up" are a bit unfair.

It honestly reads more to me like a man who misjudged the severity of the situation and made a mistake. Serves as a reminder of how easily a single decision can change the course of someone's life.

To me, Sandusky's the one who ought to be getting vilified here.
 


dchuk said:
Fuck that guy
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dchuk said:
TIL as long as you tell one person about anal rape of minors, you've done enough.

Motherfucking Sandusky was raping kids on penn state's god damn campus, in their football facilities, which Joe Paterno was ultimately in charge of.

So again, I will affirmatively state: Fuck Joe Paterno
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Brilliant post once again Darrin. He told the HEAD of the University police. That's pretty sufficient. Start making sense idiot.

jonas33h said:
he was forced out of coaching the FIRST time the allegation came up. . . get your facts straight. JoePa is saying he didn't know that charges were brought against his coach that just retired out of no where( he was accused of this more than once), then he says that McQueer didn't tell him what happened(the second time allegations were brought up), yet reported it, yet didn't know what he was reporting. fucker can burn in hell
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I live in the area and know people who are involved with the story. You know nothing dipshit.
 
jeffrey said:
Brilliant post once again Darrin. He told the HEAD of the University police. That's pretty sufficient. Start making sense idiot.


I live in the area and know people who are involved with the story. You know nothing dipshit.
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I'm as drunk as you and my side is the anti-pedophilia-harboring movement so let's fucking do this! :)
 
Holly Everett said:
While Paterno definitely does deserve some blame for this, I'm not convinced that this level of vitriol towards him is reasonable.
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Pretty sure turning a blind eye to child rape makes him deserve this and more.

With the benefit of hindsight it's easy to say that he could have and should have done more but that's a difficult situation. I mean, molesting a child is serious stuff and innocent people have had their reputations and lives ruined over *accusations*.
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That's why you take it to the Police and let them decide who to prosecute so they can take it to court and PROVE whether he did it or not.

Even if we assume that the assistant didn't tell him a sanitized version of the events, rushing straight to the police station with secondhand information is just not on in my opinion. The assistant on the other hand is a grown man who should have gone to the police because he's the one who had eyewitness testimony.
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They're all guilty in my book, one isn't more guilty than the other. If any of them had done the right thing maybe a few more kids could have been spared a life of indignity and shame?

Paterno went to his supervisor which was the right thing to do at the time. I agree that after finding out that the department wasn't investigating, he should have followed it up and dug into it more. That being said, phrases like "cover up" are a bit unfair.
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Fuck you. If I'm at work and I go into the bathroom and I see one of my co-workers molesting a child I'm not telling my supervisor. I'M GOING TO CALL THE FUCKING POLICE! Right there on the spot. 9. 1. 1. I'm not gonna run this up my chain of command, this goes so far beyond "telling my boss."

It honestly reads more to me like a man who misjudged the severity of the situation and made a mistake. Serves as a reminder of how easily a single decision can change the course of someone's life.
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This goes far beyond a "poor decision." He knew kids were being molested and didn't do shit about it because he didn't want the good reputation he built to be destroyed, so he hid it and only told people he knew would protect his rep, who also covered it up. Rot in Hell Paterno. Rot in hell.

To me, Sandusky's the one who ought to be getting vilified here.
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Hopefully he doesn't die before being sent to prison. I can't wait to see what the inmates do with his cornhole.
 
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