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In reply to the discussion: If anybody is wondering why I am such a hard ass about PSU and Paterno, [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I lived a charmed life, never got molested, always travelled in a pack, took the warnings of my parents to never take candy or rides from strangers to heart, knew when to run away....but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that there are people who are evil and who wish to harm children.
And those people deserve the fullest measure of justice that can be meted out to them. Little kids should be left alone, they deserve to have an expectation of safety and security while they grow. I think that's one of the worst possible crimes, frankly.
So, sure--fuck football, fuck Paterno, fuck Sandusky, fuck 'em all. Give that football program the triple death penalty. If a football culture can conceal perverts who brutalize kids, then that's a culture that needs to GO.