Thursday, November 10, 2011

Shame on All Of You

How could any of the people at Penn State look this former coach in the eye, knowing what he was and what he did. They have the pain of all these children, and all the children those children went on to abuse, on their hands.  There are no heroes here, and all those people who claim the greatness of "molders of men" and other approbations given football coaches have learned that they are mere cogs in an institutionalized money machine. Apparently, these are men whose moral values are in no way at a level that affords them  the pedestal they are placed on.

I cannot comprehend how anyone knowing what they knew just continued to allow this man access to children. I really don't understand why it wasn't reported to the police as opposed to a superior at work. No  job is worth the moral cesspool you place yourself in by allowing a predator to continue his actions. Telling him not to bring children on campus, just means if you don't see it, it's not your problem.

Perhaps now this country will not only see how much lip service is given to the protection of children, but also how vaccuous the most "moral" and "respected" public figures turn out to be. I know they are human and have flaws, no one can be perfect, or act correctly all the time. even those who continually work on their character traits will slip every so often. But there are some things that just cannot be allowed, not for money, reputation or  even football.

 And for any organization or individual that covers up abuse, and allows a predator to continue to destroy lives-know that you are as culpable as the predator in the destruction of these souls.

Disgusting

1 comment:

Doobie said...

As this story becomes more and more sordid it becomes more disturbing, but really there were enough people who knew he was harming young boys and also knew he had constant access to more young boys to hurt. They can certainly be considered complicit in allowing this to continue and so obviously because they needed him to remain as football coach for their own purposes! really shameful