On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote:
> > So Penn State students riot....over the firing of Joe Paterno. > > My god that's depressing. > > The dude is a legendary coach, I get it. And for some time, he was one > of the most powerful people in the state, let alone the university. > But when presented with evidence that a person in his direct > employment was committing terrible crimes with children all his > response was "I informed my superiors". Didn't go to the police. > Didn't personally investigate the allegations. > > And now people are pissed that he is getting fired instead of being > allowed to retire at the end of the season? They are worried about > *his* legacy and dignity? > > Some people need to get a sense of perspective. > Amen. The Penn State students would have been better served to have assembled quietly and held a vigil to express their regret and solidarity with the victims. these are college kids though, who lead a fairly insular life....their entire daily life is engulfed by Penn State, and football is a HUGE part of that. I tend to forgive them for not really seeing the bigger picture here. I know when I was 18, I could easily have missed it. -- I don't know what I was on But I think it grows in Oregon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
