Just Kidding
11/12/2011 4:36:00 AM
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:54:01 -0800 (PST), Neil X <neilxk@yahoo.com>
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>On Nov 11, 5:42?pm, Andrew <amuraw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Nov 11, 1:05?pm, Just Kidding <justkidd...@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:46:46 -0800 (PST), Seth Buttock
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>> > <calo...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > >On Nov 10, 11:34?pm, Andrew <amuraw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> Yeah, he just told the guy who he would contact in any other situation
>> > >> when he would have to have contact with the campus police. Went so far
>> > >> as to arrange a meeting between McCreary (you know, the actual witness
>> > >> here), Schultz and whoever the other guy under indictment is.
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>> > >Ok, so Joe Paterno walks into his office one day, and watches as one
>> > >of his players shoots a janitor in the head. ?What should he do?
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>> > >He should give "the guy who he would contact in any other situation
>> > >when he would have to have contact with the campus police" a call, and
>> > >maybe even "arrange a meeting". ?Really.
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>> > >> > It's totally baffling that someone would go to such lengths to
>> > >> > rationalize Paterno's failure to do the right thing. To the point of
>> > >> > pretending that a school administrator who oversees a campus police
>> > >> > force is the same as a police officer.
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>> > >> Didn't mean to pretend anything, which is why I pointed out my
>> > >> mistake. I've taken the crash course on this story in the last three
>> > >> hours or so. I misread that detail earlier and corrected it above when
>> > >> I became aware of my inaccurate statement.
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>> > >And when will you become aware of your incredibly bizarre and skewed
>> > >perspective?
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>> > >> Nevertheless, this was never Paterno's mess. He had an employee who
>> > >> claimed to witness one of PSU's other employees in a different
>> > >> department molest a child. That employee of Paterno's came to him,
>> > >> Paterno went to administrators including the overseer of the campus
>> > >> police, arranged a meeting between that witness and those same
>> > >> administrators, and it died on the vine. From Paterno's testimony to
>> > >> the grand jury, he didn't know the extent of the potential crime, nor
>> > >> did he know the details, which is why he put the guy who did (you
>> > >> know, the witness) in contact with the right people.
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>> > >Is Joe Paterno a drooling imbecile with an IQ of 6? ?No? ?Well then, I
>> > >think that when he heard that a grown man was in the football complex
>> > >showers naked with a naked 10 year old boy, and they were "fooling
>> > >around" ?"engaging in horseplay" ?"perhaps some fondling" or
>> > >"something inappropriate" ?i think he probably knew very fucking well
>> > >the "extent of the potential crime". ?Dude, the "potential" crime?
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>> > >WTF?
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>> > >> > He didn't tell the police and
>> > >> > neither did anyone else. ?Period. ?They are all shit and they are all
>> > >> > culpable, including Paterno at the TOP of the fucking list. ?Period.
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>> > >> Question mark? Why is Paterno on the top of that list?
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>> > >Gosh, I don't know....because he was the most powerful person on
>> > >campus for decades and he knew that an employee witnessed a former
>> > >employee in the football complex showers naked with a naked 10 year
>> > >old boy?
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>> > And despite having reported this incident to his "superiors", Paterno
>> > never thought to wonder why Sandusky was still hanging around the
>> > campus and using athletic department facilities for years after? He
>> > never wondered whether any internal investigation had been done or
>> > whether the incident had been reported to the police? And it never
>> > crossed his mind to confront his longtime assistant coach and friend
>> > of over 30 years to find out what his side of the story was?
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>> Maybe he thought that his superiors did their job and there was no
>> evidence to support the allegations.
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>Right, so no need to look into it at all, again, ever. No need to
>follow up and ask any questions of anyone. No need to make any
>inquiries as to the result the "investigation." Just assume
>everything is completely hunky dory. Yeah, that's what a leader
>does. Absolutely.
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>Peace,
>Neil x.
Hey, no news is good news, right?