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[Homeslice]

Well I guess several people at Penn State saw a grey area, and none of us know what it is. Unless we're going to assume it was simply about protecting their careers and the program --- Which very well might be true, but still pure speculation.

Hindsight is great when you're just reading about it in the papers.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I guess several people at Penn State saw a grey area, and none of us know what it is. Unless we're going to assume it was simply about protecting the school and nothing else --- Which might be true, but still pure speculation.

Hindsight is great when you're just reading about it in the papers.

Hearing about it is one thing. You run the risk of destroying someone completely with no direct knowledge that something happened. I can see people finding a grey area there, though as "several people at Penn State" are discovering most of the public won't.

I'm pretty good at finding grey areas in just about everything. I can see plenty that are specific to a college football program too. NCAA violations, who cares? Steroid use by players, so what? Coaches banging students of legal age, have at it.

Actually witnessing an act of pedophilia and doing next to nothing about it is another issue. If I directly know that someone is an active pedophile, in a college football program or not, and I can't find any reason that even comes close making me think it is OK. You talk about hindsight, what is the "If I'd only known" that the benefit of hindsight brings in this instance?

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Well I guess several people at Penn State saw a grey area, and none of us know what it is. Unless we're going to assume it was simply about protecting their careers and the program --- Which very well might be true, but still pure speculation.

Hindsight is great when you're just reading about it in the papers.

I think thats the case here. People were trying to protect their careers as well as "the program" in the past when a college was busted for something they usualy cleaned house.

I think that if I witnessed the rape and didnt try to actively stop it by either intervening or getting the cops there right away i couldnt live with myself. I have seen/treated enough rape/sexual assault victims to know tha tthe trauma emotionally is so severe that if I could do something to prevent them from enduring that it has to be done.