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Originally Posted by Locke
Still, in a way I cant help but feel bad for Paterno. He should have done something to stop it, he had the power, so now we have to assume he either didnt have the knowledge or ignored the knowledge in favour of his own self-interest, in which case hes effectively aided and abetted.
At the end of the day though, hes not the one who put his dick somewhere it shouldnt have been.
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And remember that at the time, even if it happened 10-13 years ago, Paterno is/was in his SEVENTIES! He probably went to the AD and gave 'a version' of the story, the AD went ok coach, we'll take care of this, Sandusky is no longer on your staff anyways so you just stick to coaching, we'll take care of the rest. And Paterno maybe half not wanting to believe these allegations anyways, went with it.
I think there is truly an age/generational gap here. Sexual child abuse is sort of a new phenomenon. Especaily raping boys (the older generations would just flat out dismiss it as hogwash). Before it was always hush hush. A good survey would be for all of us to tell this story to people over 70 and see what their opinions are.