tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post2217105651102735771..comments2023-04-30T10:29:40.119-04:00Comments on DaddyBear's Den: Finally Calmed DownDaddyBearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508543148426098384noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-41978734680994524762011-11-25T10:14:31.114-05:002011-11-25T10:14:31.114-05:00I'm a Penn State alum, and I have to say -- mo...I'm a Penn State alum, and I have to say -- most of the news reports were getting it ALL wrong. <br /><br />Jerry Sandusky did a horrible thing. Ironically, the boy who he supposedly did it to actually DENYS the event happening.<br /><br />The grad student who saw it happen went to JoePa and didn't tell him "I saw Jerry raping a boy", but said something along the lines of "I think I saw....it might have been...", which isn't much to go on. JoePa took it to the higher ups, and one of those men he told was in fact head of the campus police at the time. As far as JoePa was concerned, he did his job. <br /><br />Interesting to note as well - local police do not have jurisdiction over Penn State. We have our own police force, so news outlets stating that "no police report was made with the local authorities" is exactly right. If you try to ring State College police about an incident that happens in University Park, they tell you to ring UP Police.<br /><br />I am saddened that this event seems to have torn my university apart, but what upsets me even more is how JoePa is being treated - it's as if he's the one who did the raping! IMHO, not the way things should have been handled.BeccaJaneStClairhttp://blog.beccajanestclair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-7084676854774581372011-11-14T16:59:05.483-05:002011-11-14T16:59:05.483-05:00So many people had so many chances to stop this - ...So many people had so many chances to stop this - no one stepped up, there were no heroes. Lives have been ruined. I hope Penn State's football program collapses and they lose every dime they have from lawsuits.Mrs. Crankipantshttp://willceau.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-2378344689835602432011-11-14T10:11:51.764-05:002011-11-14T10:11:51.764-05:00My son is the same age as the boy that this "...My son is the same age as the boy that this "human" was abusing. <br /><br />He also plays football.<br /><br />Suffice to say, my response to "what would you do" cannot be reproduced lest I find myself under heavy sedation.<br /><br />I'll just leave by saying they would still be picking that bastard's DNA out of my teeth...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-59056589283178207792011-11-13T13:12:14.313-05:002011-11-13T13:12:14.313-05:00Mamma Bear, I want to know the same thing too. I&...Mamma Bear, I want to know the same thing too. I've heard a couple of people say that he might have worried about getting fired or not being asked to take a job with the university if he blew the whistle. Personally, I believe that that probably had something to do with it. Personally, I hope that if I was put in the same situation, I would have the intestinal fortitude to not worry about myself as much as I did about the child being raped.<br /><br />Thanks Duke. I'm checking out your place too.<br /><br />Ruth, LabRat was what pointed me to the report. I would have linked to her, but her site was down before I was calm enough to write my own thoughts down. And I agree that the people who saw this thing happening could have at least made an anonymous call to the authorities to get it to stop. They knew who was doing it, when it happened, and where it happened. That's about all that CPS would have needed to stop this a decade ago.DaddyBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508543148426098384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-42998538298917268002011-11-13T09:46:04.184-05:002011-11-13T09:46:04.184-05:00Oh, and my Husband, who generally avoids the news,...Oh, and my Husband, who generally avoids the news, but adores football found out about this for the first time at work on Thursday. One of his co-workers was very vocal in support of Paterno. Husband came home in such a rage that the (happy go lucky, oblivious to everything) puppy greeted Husband by dropping flat on his belly, showing his throat.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-22518802587047307032011-11-13T09:44:12.838-05:002011-11-13T09:44:12.838-05:00I just finished writing a post about this very sub...I just finished writing a post about this very subject..written out of anger too..perhaps I should of cooled down...but oh well. Then I come here and read your words, now I'm pissed again...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-758316913377228772011-11-13T09:43:32.206-05:002011-11-13T09:43:32.206-05:00The Atomic Nerds did a good write up on it a coupl...The Atomic Nerds did a good write up on it a couple days ago, I was gonna link to it and do a short post of my own, but by the time the thoughts had come together their blog was down, so I'm waiting for it to come back up.<br /><br />I have a certian amount of sympathy for the reactions of the people who actually witnessed it, currently I'd have likely reacted like Mamma Bear, but it wasn't THAT many years ago that I can honestly say I don't know that I would have, though I CAN say that regardless I'd have found a secluded payphone and called 911. I don't understand how those folks could STILL have kept silent years later after he was caught again and again, but the inital reaction I can sympathize with.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-44466178359908490082011-11-13T08:12:54.424-05:002011-11-13T08:12:54.424-05:00Nice blog, just stopped in from Stephens blog. Loo...Nice blog, just stopped in from Stephens blog. Look forward to reading more.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775363118892957212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-8584226354302146452011-11-13T08:07:22.787-05:002011-11-13T08:07:22.787-05:00I would like to know why that young man who witnes...I would like to know why that young man who witnessed the rape did not tackle that evil (insert whatever name you'd like) and tear him apart. I am a 5'3 woman and I believe I could have caused him serious injury should I have come upon the act.<br /><br />These coaches make millions a year all to promote a game that has nothing to do with education. This is one of the reasons college educations is so out of reach for many of our young people who actually want an education. <br /><br />This entire thing stinks to high heaven and I hope they all rot in jail if proven guilty.Mamma Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781533611079940480noreply@blogger.com