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Originally Posted by psusue
Everyone keeps talking about a moral obligation, but a moral obligation cannot supersede protocol.
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This is the dumbest thing I've read today. Please stop being an apologist to an apologist to a pedophile.
Okay, we all know that Joe Paterno fulfilled his legal obligation according to protocol. But, you know what? Joe Paterno is/was one of the most powerful men in college sports. Had he really wanted to, he could have superseded protocol.
It's not as if this hasn't been done before, by someone with a whole hell of a lot more to lose than a college football coach. A priest went to his superior about a suspected pedophile. When it appeared that the diocese was going to sweep it under the rug, guess who went to the authorities? That's right, the priest. Here's someone who superseded protocol in order to DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. Joe Paterno was too much of a coward to do that.
Also, if he didn't trust this McQueary guy enough to follow up on his concerns in more than a half-assed way, why is dude his assistant? He didn't believe him when he reported being an eyewitness to the rape of a child?
Oh, and this line, from Joe Paterno himself?
"The kids that were victims or whatever they want to say, I think we all ought to say a prayer for them. Tough life, when people do certain things to you."
Victims or whatever. Classy. It is tough when someone rapes you and the people who could help you look the other way for the good of a football team.