E-Mails Suggest Paterno Role in Silence on Sandusky

[33girl]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Right. I was going to say -- take a stroll through College Station if you think "you have to live in Pennsylvania to understand it"

But, to be frank, the job situation doesn't really have anything to do with this situation. A job market didn't touch those kids. A university didn't touch those kids. A sick man did. I understand that the 24-hour news cycle has a lot to do with this, but it's a bit excessive now.

You misunderstood what I'm trying to say.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by 33girl

You misunderstood what I'm trying to say.

I got "Penn State was able to survive when other things in the state weren't able to. It's the shining light of our state."

If that's what you intended, then that's fine. But (to me) that's not relevant to this situation. It's just people trying to grasp at ANYTHING to make sense of what happened. Instead of thinking about "What could Penn State have done?" I think the focus should be "Why did Sandusky do this shit?" I don't think you (33girl) are continuing to bring it back to the school, since it's the 24-hour news cycle who is trying to connect all the (irrelevant) dots.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I got "Penn State was able to survive when other things in the state weren't able to. It's the shining light of our state."

If that's what you intended, then that's fine. But (to me) that's not relevant to this situation.

It doesn't have to be relevant to the Sandusky criminal acts - it could wlel be relevant to why/how people are reacting to them, though.

With that said - the notion of a PSU diaspora, different from all the rest, seems somewhat faulty to me, as the experience of Pennsylvanians isn't all that different from other similar states on the surface, including factors like unemployment and job loss.