Exactly. I'm willing to bet your student hasn't read the grand jury report. Paterno has no claim to ignorance (blissful or otherwise) as a defense. Half of these assaults took place in Penn State's facilities. Sandusky must not have worried about the consequences of getting caught. I wonder why.
And the euphemisms and watered down language being used by most of the media coverage is just enabling the apologists. Paterno's reactions are totally defensible! What more could he have done? How many times do you have to hear about how your acquaintance of thirty years keeps using your locker room to behave inappropriately with minors have sex with ten year olds before you call the police? Oh, wait: in 1998 the police investigated and Sandusky admitted that he touched a minor inappropriately fondled a ten year old's genitals in Paterno's showers, but, huh, the D.A. decided not to press charges. Well, I guess in 2002 when Paterno had another person report that he'd just watched Sandusky doing something sexual with a young boy having anal sex with a ten year old in the football team's locker room showers, Paterno must have figured that going to the police hadn't worked last time, so he didn't have to bother this time! May as well just tell the Athletic Director about it so he can warn the VP of finance in case the kid sues and offer the witness, Mike McQueary, an assistant coaching job. Let's not involve the police just because your former employee, the head of a major youth charity, was behaving suspiciously with a minor GOT CAUGHT FUCKING A TEN YEAR OLD IN THE ASS IN THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM'S LOCKER ROOM SHOWERS—AGAINFOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR YEARS!
It's just another sex scandal. Can't let it get in the way of the football season.
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And the euphemisms and watered down language being used by most of the media coverage is just enabling the apologists. Paterno's reactions are totally defensible! What more could he have done? How many times do you have to hear about how your acquaintance of thirty years keeps using your locker room to
behave inappropriately with minorshave sex with ten year olds before you call the police? Oh, wait: in 1998 the police investigated and Sandusky admitted that hetouched a minor inappropriatelyfondled a ten year old's genitals in Paterno's showers, but, huh, the D.A. decided not to press charges. Well, I guess in 2002 when Paterno had another person report that he'd just watched Sanduskydoing something sexual with a young boyhaving anal sex with a ten year old in the football team's locker room showers, Paterno must have figured that going to the police hadn't worked last time, so he didn't have to bother this time! May as well just tell the Athletic Director about it so he can warn the VP of finance in case the kid sues and offer the witness, Mike McQueary, an assistant coaching job. Let's not involve the police just because your former employee, the head of a major youth charity,was behaving suspiciously with a minorGOT CAUGHT FUCKING A TEN YEAR OLD IN THE ASS IN THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM'S LOCKER ROOM SHOWERS—AGAINFOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR YEARS!It's just another sex scandal. Can't let it get in the way of the football season.