Except, if these people had ever LISTENED to Paterno, they would never have rioted, or even gathered in an unruly crowd.
This behavior goes against everything he and Penn State taught. It is so un-Penn State like. (As does the handling by Paterno and staff and Univ officials of the rape and molestation allegations. Their own high standards are what make this so upsetting to so many. Above and beyond the obvious outrage over Sandusky's conduct) On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:41 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:344008 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
