Penn State...what did Paterno know?

[Guest]

Wow! I can't see that.

I certainly can. If a person is a pedophile it can be argued that they have a sickness and they can't stop their actions. I personally think they should be executed, but I don't have my own country to make that happen in.

For someone to look the other way because of their own self-preservation or the preservation of their institution is purely selfish behavior, and that person is clearly lacking in morals. It is indefensible.

[BBQ&Beer]

JoePa has announced his retirement at the end of the season

Well yeah... He's got the record now.

[Carolina Husker]

However in Joe's defense I'm not sure how much he knew and I understand that accusing someone of being a pedophile is pretty huge, I'd want to have a decent amount of evidence before I put a claim like that out there.

You mean besides a direct eye witness account of rape?

[Happy Panther]

I certainly can. If a person is a pedophile it can be argued that they have a sickness and they can't stop their actions. I personally think they should be executed, but I don't have my own country to make that happen in.

For someone to look the other way because of their own self-preservation or the preservation of their institution is purely selfish behavior, and that person is clearly lacking in morals. It is indefensible.

To be clear, you and Panthro believe that Paterno should go to jail for life just as Sandusky certainly will?

[Cat]

If the Pope is guilty because of what happened in the church then JoePa should be as well.

He was informed of the incident...Reported it to the AD and continued on his quest for a record.

They have a letter from the Pope acknowledging it.

The future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing concerns including "the good of the universal church," according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.

The correspondence, obtained by The Associated Press, is the strongest challenge yet to the Vatican's insistence that Benedict played no role in blocking the removal of pedophile priests during his years as head of the Catholic Church's doctrinal watchdog office.

The letter, signed by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was typed in Latin and is part of years of correspondence between the diocese of Oakland and the Vatican about the proposed defrocking of the Rev. Stephen Kiesle, who pleaded no contest to misdemeanors involving child molestation in 1978

not trying to change the topic here though

[Floppin]

It could be argued that Paterno was willfully facilitating a Kiddie Rape factory for Sandusky.

[Cat]

You mean besides a direct eye witness account of rape?

if he had that then yeah thats on him.

[Guest]

To be clear, you and Panthro believe that Paterno should go to jail for life just as Sandusky certainly will?

I don't know what Panthro thinks, but I think Paterno should be prosecuted to the full extent of Pennsylvania law. His inactions allowed a monster to rape more kids. If he's sentenced to life in prison, so be it.

[Panthro]

To be clear, you and Panthro believe that Paterno should go to jail for life just as Sandusky certainly will?

He may not be held accountable legally but his legacy and his whole association should be hung out to dry.

And the university should forfeit a couple wins just to prevent him from getting the record...bc in the end it was all about his legacy.

[Happy Panther]

I don't know what Panthro thinks, but I think Paterno should be prosecuted to the full extent of Pennsylvania law. His inactions allowed a monster to rape more kids. If he's sentenced to life in prison, so be it.

He didn't break any laws. Already cleared by the DA.

[Carolina Husker]

if he had that then yeah thats on him.

Paterno was told directly by McQueary that he had seen Sandusky raping a 10 year old boy in the PSU lockerroom showers. Paterno knew this for 10 years and never acted on it besides telling his AD, who also did next to nothing.

[Carolina Husker]

Let's be clear, here. What Sandusky did was, from a criminal standpoint, about the worse possible crime anyone could commit and not even comparable to what Paterno and the PSU admins did (or didn't) do to.

From a moral and ethical standpoint, I think what Paterno, McQueary, Schultz and Spanier did is worse than what Sandusky did.

[Guest]

He didn't break any laws. Already cleared by the DA.

Thats part of the problem, there is no law in PA requiring someone to report suspected child abuse. If he was in NC he would have been charged with a crime.

Legality aside, he had a moral obligation once he saw that Sandusky was still on campus to push the issue, and he didn't. Morally, he's as guilty as Sandusky.

[Panthro]

Let's be clear, here. What Sandusky did was, from a criminal standpoint, about the worse possible crime anyone could commit and not even comparable to what Paterno and the PSU admins did (or didn't) do to.

From a moral and ethical standpoint, I think what Paterno, McQueary, Schultz and Spanier did is worse than what Sandusky did.

Thanks you for English majoring up my point