Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State

[hooskins]

For those of you that the emotional reactions are only from the undergraduate study body, you would be mistaken.

A lot of my friends went to Penn St. They are in their mid to late 20s and all I see is facebook posts with Joe Pa. motivational quotes and 30 likes. I really don't understand how anyone who has a child or a cousin, etc. could be so blinded by what occurred to those kids.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by hooskins

For those of you that the emotional reactions are only from the undergraduate study body, you would be mistaken.

A lot of my friends went to Penn St. They are in their mid to late 20s and all I see is facebook posts with Joe Pa. motivational quotes and 30 likes. I really don't understand how anyone who has a child or a cousin, etc. could be so blinded by what occurred to those kids.

This goes back to me saying (in regards to the OWS movement) that if it doesn't affect people directly, they simply don't care.

Some kid gets raped by a serial child molester? Don't care.
Some innocent civilians get bombed overseas? Don't care.
Some protesters get shot with rubber bullets and tear gas? Don't care.
Some people in Africa committing genocide? Don't care.

Take away their Social Security. NOW they care.



Nobody gives a shit until it affects them, and then they want somebody to stand up for their cause. It's sad, but sports has become almost too big in America these days. We put a priority emphasis on our favorite teams, and don't really care if these people turn a blind eye if they are protecting their team while doing so. They are just as selfish as the people enabling these child molesters.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by hooskins

For those of you that the emotional reactions are only from the undergraduate study body, you would be mistaken.

A lot of my friends went to Penn St. They are in their mid to late 20s and all I see is facebook posts with Joe Pa. motivational quotes and 30 likes. I really don't understand how anyone who has a child or a cousin, etc. could be so blinded by what occurred to those kids.

guy in my office he is 50 something went to PSU big PSU football etc...

Was out in the parking lot yesterday at lunch scraping off the giant PSU sticker he had on his trucks back window.

The undergrad kids are just being stupid and are swept up in the brain washing, seriously to stand behind Joe P is at this point retarded.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by mredskins

The undergrad kids are just being stupid and are swept up in the brain washing, seriously to stand behind Joe P is at this point retarded.

College kids would show up and riot anything. They could raise the cost on beer in town and they'd react the same way. Most of the idiots showed up to see what was going on.


Sarah: Hey Liz, what are you doing tonight?
Liz: OMG we are going to go drinking and watch the protest, wanna come?
Sarah: Like OMG I'm so there!!


^^pretty much how most of it went I imagine.

Had the school told them you would be expelled for rioting prior, I imagine that crowd would be a lot less.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

College kids would show up and riot anything. They could raise the cost on beer in town and they'd react the same way. Most of the idiots showed up to see what was going on.


Sarah: Hey Liz, what are you doing tonight?
Liz: OMG we are going to go drinking and watch the protest, wanna come?
Sarah: Like OMG I'm so there!!


^^pretty much how most of it went I imagine.

Had the school told them you would be expelled for rioting prior, I imagine that crowd would be a lot less.

My sister and brother in law are PSU grads, they are embarrassed by it all.

but my sister use to say when she went there was this:

Student Body: We won the football game today, lets get drunk!

Student Body: We lost the football game today, lets get drunk!

So today she emailed me this:

Student Body: Joe Pa got fired, lets get drunk!

LOL the mentality is still the same.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by hooskins

For those of you that the emotional reactions are only from the undergraduate study body, you would be mistaken.

A lot of my friends went to Penn St. They are in their mid to late 20s and all I see is facebook posts with Joe Pa. motivational quotes and 30 likes. I really don't understand how anyone who has a child or a cousin, etc. could be so blinded by what occurred to those kids.

The Cult of Personality has always, always been a powerful force. People identify with the Paterno, see him as an influence on who they are now, probably many happy memories from college are attributed to things he did while they were there. Probably hard to accept that part of your happiness was bought at the expense of these victims.

I am really not making excuses for them - they need to see the reality not the icon. Just trying to figure out how people could still worship him after this.