Saturday, November 12, 2011

What is a Nittany Lion?

Sitting by the pool watching my kids swim, I read the following story:

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/12/penn-state-stadium-profanity-scorn-joe-paterno/?page=1

It is one of dozens I have read about the Penn State scandal. I have been vocal in my disgust and yet I wonder what should be done. Should they have played the game, should Paterno have quit,  and most importantly what about the victims? 

The above story has sealed it for me. PSU should have either earmarked every dollar of proceeds to the victims or cancelled the season.   I feel bad for the players who did nothing wrong but worse for the permanently scarred victims who could have been helped.

If you cussed at the guy in this story, you should be disgusted at yourself, if you threw a beer,  you should be nauseated.. if you didn't walk by and at least say amen, you should ask yourself why.

See folks, if football is that dang important to you that you can't think of child victims for a second when walking to the field without assaulting someone, then the game is too important.  You actually prove the point that the game shouldn't be played.

Folks, learn from this. Make your default response one of silence not violence when you don't agree with a protester. And diligence not silence when you don't agree with a predator 

I know my thoughts are random. That's the beauty of a blog. If you expected to find out what a Nittany Lion really is, you did. He stood for the victims....... finally.

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