Protecting the Guilty – Penn State Loses on Morals, Ethics and Being a Human

I am so disheartened and saddened and angry at the issues coming out of Penn State.  I know that this is already being discussed non-stop and will continue to be discussed… and I am not trying or even wanting to jump on a band wagon.  I simply must get these thoughts and ideas out of my head or I may explode in a fury.

First and foremost, if Jerry Sandusky is in fact guilty… and he does have a right to a fair and impartial trial and jury… we must hold him up beyond anyone else to the crimes he committed against these young boys… to the trust he destroyed and the heinous violence he perpetrated.  If he is guilty may he rot in jail and be tortured in the same way he tortured these children.  Their lives are forever destroyed, so let the punishment be swift and strong and just.  If the crimes are true I hope this “man” is broken and forced to face everything he did without mercy.

Second, may anyone who knew about this and failed to call the police or take appropriate actions be severely punished as well.  This includes assistant coach Mike McQueary who witnessed Sandusky having anal intercourse with a ten-year-old boy… I want to cry and scream right now… a TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY… He witnessed it and failed to call police…  Yes, he reported it to his superiors, but who the f–k cares???!!!  Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, who not only failed to call police but sickeningly decided to cover up the issue and commit perjury… President Graham Spanier did nothing and is completly accountable and yes, sadly, so is Joe Paterno.

I was at the Big Ten Media Days this summer and watched Joe Pa in awe.  He was an icon, a legend.  I even got a pretty good impression of him down.  Now I am sick.  How could this man, this coach, this teacher, so betray a child… and even more sadly, many, many children.  Had any of them stepped up in 2002, there would be nine less years of victims and crimes.  Let that sit in their brains for the rest of their lives.  Let them look at all the pictures of anyone who was molested and abused, every single day, for the rest of their lives.

Paterno did what he was supposed to do, but in reality he did nothing he was supposed to do.  We are SUPPOSED to help human beings and report crimes.  We are supposed to protect the innoncent… and a teacher, a coach is SUPPOSED to protect his students… the kids he is hired to look out for.  He is SUPPOSED to set THE MOST SHINING EXAMPLE.

Joe Pa and all of these men lapsed both morally and ethically… and perhaps most sadly as human beings.  It is like taking a cup of water and throwing it on a burning house, but failing to stick around and do any more… failing to see if there were any victims who needed or could be rescued.

Maureen Dowd wrote: “Like the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Penn State hierarchy appears to have covered up pedophile crimes to protect its brand.”

I agree with her in part… in 2002, the Roman Catholic Church’s lapse in identifying and punishing wayward priests was at its height… Penn State should have known better anyway, but especially with this massive f–k up right there on the news every day.

Protecting the Brand yes… but the fact remains that Sandusky was not on the team in 2002.  He retired in 1999.  So if you wanted to protect Penn State, why the hell would you not call the cops on this guy?  This guy is damaging the brand.  This monster is causing undue pain and torture for any and all around him.  You want to save the brand for a coach who is no longer on the team?  Are you kidding me???  Sell him down the river and let him pay for his crimes.

This makes me question what else they knew about him… Did they know he had been doing things like this 1994?  What possible excuse can they have?  He was NO LONGER WORKING FOR PENN STATE at this point!

Penn State has forever been tarnished… but perhaps once and for all we must realize that no brand or religion or company comes above the innocence of a victim… a crime… a human being.  You cannot second guess the implications or try to cover up crimes, especially those perpetrated on trusting, innocent children.

Shame on all you for not stepping up and being a human being… for not helping a victim… for not stopping a crime or a monster.  Realizations after the fact and too late do nothing but cause more hurt and more pain.  Your inactions and inappropriate response allowed this monster to carry on for nine more years.  You should all resign and then get out your wallets and pay for your sins with cash for the families and victims and long stays in prison for you.

Forget college football and the hallowed halls of what was always thought of as a fine and wonderful institution of learning… You must now teach your students and the world what being a real human being is about.  It is a lesson we all must learn now and forever.  Silence is not golden… silence is deadly.

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