tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post3008808084466540975..comments2024-03-16T05:34:13.675-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: A point of personal privilege, re: Joe PaternoJohn F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-2443969325715927822012-02-08T10:23:05.950-08:002012-02-08T10:23:05.950-08:00You're a little fuzzy on your facts. Paterno ...You're a little fuzzy on your facts. Paterno did not see "a vicious crime of violence being committed against a child by a member of his staff. With his own eyes.". He didn't see anything personally. The main witness was Mike McQueary, an assistant coach who saw the crime being committed. He reported what he saw to Paterno, who in turn passed it along to his superiors. <br /><br />I'm not defending Paterno, he clearly did the bare minimum and was complicit in the attempt to cover up the scandal. But saying he witnessed wrongdoing with his own eyes is incorrect.Bad Karmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214101084210375925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-20734392681438455262012-01-24T04:01:23.652-08:002012-01-24T04:01:23.652-08:00Shortly after the scandal broke I heard Stephen A....Shortly after the scandal broke I heard Stephen A. Smith condemning Paterno on a sports talk radio show. A caller tried to defend Paterno, "pointing out" that he had done "everything that was required by law" by reporting the "incident" to his superiors. Smith interrupted and asked "Ok, if it was YOUR kid who had been molested, and months later you find out that the reason why your kid has seemed frightened of school, frightened of adults, uninterested in life, and damaged in other ways is because he was sexually assaulted, and that the witness to the assault had 'reported it' and then didn't follow up at all- would you shrug and say 'ok, he did his best?' No? Then SPARE ME THESE DEFENSES, PLEASE!!"John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-70128171465193970432012-01-23T19:48:25.746-08:002012-01-23T19:48:25.746-08:00The only gesture I feel moved to make on Joey P...The only gesture I feel moved to make on Joey P's passing is the one-fingered salute because I think the fuss made over sports and coaches is, to say the least, too much. I'm also moved by the same outrage and disgust you are. Yeah, he was good when he was actually doing something. And? That doesn't lessen the fact he didn't do anything more than what he was required to do (not sure if it was campus policy, the law, or both). I was discussing this yesterday in a FB post and a few people who felt the need to tell others not to buy what the media--which is notoriously biased--had spewed and that Joey P. hadn't sat by and done nothing. They were quickly told where to shove their excuses and head-in-the-sand attitudes by more than a few (politely, of course). I've read a transcript of the grand jury testimony. Sickening. That said, one thing Joey P. is not guilty of is actually seeing what went on (which your phrasing in a few places suggests) and turning a blind eye. He never actually saw anything himself, he got first- and secondhand reports, which he told his superiors--and then did absolutely nothing else.RogueFiccerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771057308264812757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-85961072512834839282012-01-23T03:44:56.117-08:002012-01-23T03:44:56.117-08:00A more honest headline would read "Hell Hath ...A more honest headline would read "Hell Hath Reclaimed Its Own." It's sort of sickening that a man that turned a blind eye to horror because the idiot committing it was part of his team is being slobbered over while his victims are being marginalized and exhorted to slobber over their oppressor's carcass. Given that the world is loaded with coaches and given that university sports are a pointless waste of time that only exist because there's no minor league system in place, that guy's death is a triviality blown up billboard size by sports writers.DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-45616413147332576512012-01-22T15:56:25.100-08:002012-01-22T15:56:25.100-08:00Joe Paterno died?
In addition to enabling child...Joe Paterno died? <br /><br />In addition to enabling child molesting, in addition to draining the college of millions that could have been used for education, the actual reason for colleges to exist, there's the matter of Paterno being a figurehead for most of the last 20 years. His best years were clearly behind him, and for the last several he's done precious little actual coaching himself, yet he continued to collect that monster salary and benefits.<br /><br />Some people will do anything to avoid being held accountable for their misdeeds, I guess.<br /><br />The family has issued a statement that "Joe Paterno's death leaves a void in our lives that cannot be filled."<br /><br />The guy was 85. My guess is they've been more or less resigned to that void in their lives for 10 years at least.<br /><br />My further assumption is that the void in their lives that cannot be filled can be at least partly filled with the tens of millions of dollars they'll each inherit.1st Republic 14th Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527557395529372165noreply@blogger.com