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I don't; passing the buck doesn't cut it
Posted by Seamus on 2011-November-10 23:45:45 EST, Thursday
In reply to I feel bad for Paterno. posted by AK47 on 2011-November-10 20:11:27 EST, Thursday
Paterno reported it to the Penn State president a day later, and washed his hands of the affair.
Sandusky left PSU in 1999, yet kept an office at the school and brought young boys from the "child-help" charity he founded.
When PSU officials head the news, they went into damage-control mode, more concerned with protecting the brand image than with helping abused kids.
Remember, Sandusky had been accused of the same thing in 1988, yet the charges were dropped, even after Sandusky admitted it to the boy's mother and apologized, with police officers listening in another room.
Paterno never once asked "Why is this guy still here; we got rid of him years ago".
PSU told Sandusky not to bring any more boys from the charity onto campus: in other words "Screw them somewhere else".
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- Re: I don't; passing the buck doesn't cut it - Markaba on 2011-November-11 12:50:00 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 11)
- I would like to say, though . . . - Markaba on 2011-November-11 12:52:21 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 0)
- A little perspective here, my dear - Dissident on 2011-November-11 09:07:34 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 7)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - Markaba on 2011-November-11 19:25:17 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 6)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - zlurker on 2011-November-12 03:50:38 EST, Saturday - (1 / 0 / 1)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - qtns2di4 on 2011-November-12 07:20:43 EST, Saturday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - CatcherintheRye on 2011-November-12 03:21:38 EST, Saturday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - Dissident on 2011-November-11 22:53:32 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 2)
- Moreover: - qtns2di4 on 2011-November-11 23:58:19 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 1)
- When everything is important, then nothing is - Seamus on 2011-November-12 12:12:18 EST, Saturday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- Moreover: - qtns2di4 on 2011-November-11 23:58:19 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 1)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - zlurker on 2011-November-12 03:50:38 EST, Saturday - (1 / 0 / 1)
- Re: A little perspective here, my dear - Markaba on 2011-November-11 19:25:17 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 6)
- Re: I don't; passing the buck doesn't cut it - lgsinmyheart on 2011-November-11 04:48:19 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 1)
- They come back for more. - Hierophant on 2011-November-11 06:29:04 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 0)
- clues - Baldur on 2011-November-11 11:54:12 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 3)
- Re: clues - Little Girl Lover on 2011-November-13 09:41:17 EST, Sunday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- Save your sympathy for the kids - Seamus on 2011-November-11 23:31:45 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 1)
- Re: Save your sympathy for the kids - Little Girl Lover on 2011-November-13 09:46:20 EST, Sunday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- Re: I don't; passing the buck doesn't cut it - AK47 on 2011-November-11 01:17:31 EST, Friday - (1 / 0 / 2)
- Re: I don't; passing the buck doesn't cut it - Seamus on 2011-November-11 23:34:42 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 1)
- Welcome to Vichy France! (nt) - qtns2di4 on 2011-November-12 12:09:31 EST, Saturday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- Re: I don't; passing the buck doesn't cut it - Seamus on 2011-November-11 23:34:42 EST, Friday - (0 / 0 / 1)