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<blockquote data-quote="Forget Favre" data-source="post: 402356" data-attributes="member: 2006"><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Here's a really good take on why Joe Paterno should have been fired.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #333333"><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/page/hill-111109/penn-state-did-right-thing-getting-rid-joe-paterno" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/page/hill-111109/penn-state-did-right-thing-getting-rid-joe-paterno</a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #333333">Paterno just pleasantly resumed his role as Joe Paterno, college icon. What became of the 10-year-old victim? Who knows? Apparently, Paterno wasn't terribly concerned.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">For a man of Paterno's stature to turn his back on a child, to allow what appears to be a serial child predator to continue to have access to his program -- shockingly, Sandusky maintained an office across the street from the Penn State football team's building -- is totally unforgivable.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Legally, Paterno is clear. Morally, he is as guilty as any of the adults who maintained a code of inactivity -- especially McQueary, who chose to flee the building rather than assist a helpless child.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">For those who continue to cling to the notion that because Paterno fulfilled his legal obligation, he should be allowed to finish this season on his own terms, I pose this question: If that 10-year-old in the showers with Sandusky was your brother, cousin, nephew, friend or neighbor, would you be satisfied with how Paterno handled the situation?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">And now a follow-up question: How would you have felt if Paterno took the field on Saturday and thousands were cheering him?</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Forget Favre, post: 402356, member: 2006"] [COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Here's a really good take on why Joe Paterno should have been fired.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][url]http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/page/hill-111109/penn-state-did-right-thing-getting-rid-joe-paterno[/url][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]Paterno just pleasantly resumed his role as Joe Paterno, college icon. What became of the 10-year-old victim? Who knows? Apparently, Paterno wasn't terribly concerned.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]For a man of Paterno's stature to turn his back on a child, to allow what appears to be a serial child predator to continue to have access to his program -- shockingly, Sandusky maintained an office across the street from the Penn State football team's building -- is totally unforgivable.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Legally, Paterno is clear. Morally, he is as guilty as any of the adults who maintained a code of inactivity -- especially McQueary, who chose to flee the building rather than assist a helpless child.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]For those who continue to cling to the notion that because Paterno fulfilled his legal obligation, he should be allowed to finish this season on his own terms, I pose this question: If that 10-year-old in the showers with Sandusky was your brother, cousin, nephew, friend or neighbor, would you be satisfied with how Paterno handled the situation?[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]And now a follow-up question: How would you have felt if Paterno took the field on Saturday and thousands were cheering him?[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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