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Quote Originally Posted by thisguyiswise:
Did Joe know something was odd? Of course, when he first heard he fired him in 1998 and that was even after a police investigation decided not to press charges on Jerry.
This is why Paterno apologists -- who lash out in anger that the old man was targeted unfairly and that he followed the proper channels and that there was no possible action Joe Paterno could have taken to prevent perhaps the worst, most damaging scandal in the history of American sports -- have much passion and love, but little credibility.
No community likes to challenge its false notions of itself or to acknowledge that, yes, something so horrible occurred in its backyard despite its residents' idealized vision of themselves.
Why was Jerry Sandusky allowed to prey on children for so long when his trial revealed an intense level of suspicion of him over several years by people in sufficient position to stop him.? Why so many supposedly concerned, educated and well-meaning people allowed such a person to exist in their community. Penn State and Joe Paterno should have been protecting their community, not the other way around.
- Howard Bryan ESPN
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