<p>After showing the video clip of the riots, Jon Stewart’s last words were “don’t worry, we would not take football away from you, cause you guys are young and we would not want you to be scarred for life” tongue in cheek, I know, but a zinger.</p>
<p>I cannot imagine what would have happened if Penn State had won yesterday’s game. A procession of devotees taking the winning ball to Paterno’s house? And he would step outside and bask in the adulation, again?</p>
<p>John Stewart is brilliant at getting to the crux of the matter.</p>
<p>I saw on msnbc that more victims are expected to come forward, and a local lawyer is advertising to represent them. The bond agencies are considering downgrading Penn State because of the expected civil claims. They also interviewed a woman who worked at the charity with Sandusky for years. She never suspected a thing, even though she was a victim of sexual abuse as a child. </p>
<p>I also read somewhere that Sandusky used to take in foster children, and adopted 3 of them. This give me the creeps.</p>
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That is a common story for a pedophile. There is way more to this story and only time will tell how many more will come forward.</p>
<p>I find this whole situation very, very disturbing. There were so many missed opportunities to stop Sandusky, apparently because there were others things more important than protecting an innocent child. Where is Sandusky’s wife in this whole thing? Did she not suspect anything?</p>
<p>cincy girl we are early in the public discovery of this. There will be many stories about who knew what and when they knew it coming.</p>
<p>I also wonder about Sandunsky’s wife. What would any of us think if our husband spent the night in the basement with a ten year old boy?</p>
<p>Is anyone else bothered by the use of the slogan “We are Penn State?” It draws from “We are Tech,” which Virginia Tech used in the aftermath of the 2007 massacre. VT, in turn, borrowed the slogan from Marshall University, which originated the phrase following the 1970 plane crash that killed their entire football team.</p>
<p>Both Marshall and VT experienced tragedies. This is a travesty.</p>
<p>I’ll tell you what I am bothered by: The coaches repeating the phrase, “We are praying for the victims.” Really? Let’s leave God out of this. Coaching staff are responsible for the deed and the cover up. They could have actually DONE something to prevent Sandusky from raping again and again. So stop telling me about your prayers.</p>
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<p>[A</a> Patriot-News Special Report: Who knew what about Jerry Sandusky? There were many missed chances to investigate as early as 1995 | PennLive.com](<a href=“http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/who_knew_what_about_jerry_sand.html]A”>A Patriot-News Special Report: Who knew what about Jerry Sandusky? There were many missed chances to investigate as early as 1995 - pennlive.com) </p>
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<p>Nope - more likely the other way around. The chant “We are Penn State” goes back to the late '40s when the team refused to agree to a meeting with a Southern opponent to hear the latter’s concern about Penn State having a black player on their team:</p>
<p>[The</a> History of “We Are… Penn State” - Onward State](<a href=“http://onwardstate.com/2009/02/16/the-history-of-we-are-penn-state/]The”>The History of "We Are... Penn State" | Onward State)</p>
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<p>Thanks for setting the We Are…Penn State cheer in proper perspective gadad.</p>
<p>I can forgive McQ’s initial reaction. We all say, now, that we would have intervened, but in fact, in the real world, when faced with a shocking situation where we should intervene, a lot of us don’t. We go into shock, and our brains are literally incapable of rational thought. Even though in hindsight everyone can see that the right response is to separate the rapist from his victim without taking much care to avoid slamming him into a wall or otherwise harming him, take the child to a place of safety and call the police. It’s so obvious.</p>
<p>But in the moment of emergency, lots of people panic and screw up. I don’t defend this-- he didn’t do the right thing-- but I understand it. People screw up in emergencies all the time.</p>
<p>What I can’t understand, what I can’t forgive, is his subsequent actions. OK, he panicked, he froze. But later, when he was driving home, why did he not stop and call the cops then? When he got home, why didn’t he dial 911? On hearing the story, how could his father not say, “Hang up and call 911 right now, son”? I can’t help wondering if he had reached his mother rather than his father, if she would have given different advice.</p>
<p>Cardinal Fang- It’s an interesting question–would his mother have given different advice? And as I asked previously, would he have reacted differently if the victim were female? I too can forgive his initial reaction. But, not only in the hours that followed, but in the days, weeks, months and years that followed, when he had to have known nothing was done to Sandusky and Sandusky was seen with other young boys at the games, shouldn’t he have called the police at that point?</p>
<p>I sorta hoped that “We are …” belonged to Marshall, but alas, it seems that Penn State has dibbs. </p>
<p>I read that Paterno was not home during the game, so maybe he (or his attorney) knew better than to be around to receive the game ball.</p>
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<p>He was seeing his entire future career flash before his eyes. If he had gone around Paterno and the AD, and gone directly to the police, he probably would have been fired or quietly let go (contract not renewed), and he likely would never have worked again as a college coach. It’s a small fraternity, and his proven unwillingness to put the school and team ahead of everything else would be career suicide.</p>
<p>So he did what a good lieutenant would do - he went to his superior and reported it. And Paterno probably told him that he did the right thing coming to him and he (Paterno) would take care of it.</p>
<p>Given the heinous nature of the crime it is hard to forgive him. I’d like to think I would do the right thing, but what if doing the right thing meant giving up my career and threatening the livelihood of my family? I hope I am never confronted with that decision.</p>
<p>he has now given up his career and threatened the livelihood of his family. who would hire him knowing that he could walk away from that scene?</p>
<p>“threatening the livelihood of my family”</p>
<p>We’re talking about a young, college-educated, strapping white guy who’d been a Big 10 quarterback. There aren’t many of those folks, and corporate America LOVES them. His kids (if he had any) were not going to go hungry if he couldn’t find a job as a coach. He faced the prospect of losing his shot at a dream job, nothing more.</p>
<p>[Penn</a> State Scandal: Rumor Claims Sandusky ?Pimped Out? Boys to Rich Donors - College Football - Rivals.com](<a href=“http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ycn-10407023]Penn”>http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ycn-10407023)</p>
<p>[Mark</a> Madden talks about the Penn State scandal and drops a new bomb about Jerry Sandusky](<a href=“Audacy Inc: An Audio Universe of Discovery & Connection”>Audacy Inc: An Audio Universe of Discovery & Connection)</p>
<p>I think McQ is radioactive for now–won’t be picked up by any company, maybe with the exception of Nike.</p>