AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark
No, you will not. Penn State is considering closing down the football program. The proper measures will be taken by the school administration. The administration has to be trusted again. The exposure and conviction of the pedophile acted effectively to seek change in the way Penn State conducts its professional staff.
The decision around the football team is in regard to any rule breaking of the conference. If Paterno proves to be dishonorable in many venues his leadership will be eliminated as an icon for the university in the future.
Paterno’s Alma Mater Takes Name Off Award
By TIM ROHAN
Published: July 17, 2012
...Brown — which Paterno graduated from in 1950 — (click title to entry - thank you) has removed Paterno’s name from a coaching position and an annual award. It is debating his status in the university’s athletic hall of fame in the wake of the child sexual abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky and Paterno’s role in it....
Patero was of a different generation. One that didn't understand the strength of safety in numbers. Most of the time institutions were not empowering so much as machines of the system. That is what Peterno understood. Either become a 'brick in the wall' or lose your job, your place in the world and a future.
Paterno is a prime example of the failure of power today. People find empowerment among each other. The ease with which danger of any kind exists in the world today, rarely goes unnoticed. That was not the case for Paterno. He handled a pedophile as best he could while building lives and futures for students and staff.
Paterno obviously had success. The people under his tutelage became successful and it wasn't because pedolphilia ran wild among them.
Sandusky was gone a while ago. He was considered a danger to the Penn State Football Program long before he was finally prosecuted and moved out of society. Paterno did something right. No one can accuse him of simply looking the other way, that wasn't the case. If he didn't have the means within his own understanding of his power and prestige enough to move an administration then all anyone can accuse him of is being humble. If he was at a loss to protect young men and boys whom he had little to no influence over, then the only thing he is guilty of is being an innocent by stander.
Paterno is not the monster. He is an unfortunate. He lacked the will to move against the system, he acquired that understanding somewhere.
The problem with Sandusky was the incideous ability he had to acquire young boys for his sexual antics. He formed an entire organization around recruiting disadvantaged young men to satisfy his appetite. He adopted boys to exploit. Was there no measure within the system to stop this man?
There are many other aspects to Sandusky's crimes that needs to be examined to the exploitation of children. Paterno was not as much the problem as the system he lived and worked. Paterno was not omnipotent. He did not control every aspect of the indecency and criminal content of a pedophile. I am sure he was as disgusted as anyone and reflected on it many times. I sincerely believe Paterno simply didn't have the ability to move outside his own understanding of victimization.
It is not unusual for professionals to dismiss federal mandates to act against abuse. There is sometimes a lot on the line, too. They can't do it anonymously. They don't have a lawyer's head on their shoulders. They second guess their own conclusions.
I believe all those involved with Paterno, his memory and the appropriate elevation of his career will do the right thing. The administration has to have a chance to sort through it all. Their case for action has to be solid and well considered, otherwise, it will look like as a vengeful propaganda stunt.
I'll tell you what bothers me more; the murder of a man years ago. Sandusky is physically a large and strong man. I would not put anything past him in his belief he was a pedophile's path to success, including murder. Sandusky wrote a 'how to book' for other pedophiles. If one gets to know the pedophile community there is the understanding they have a legitimate right to their lifestyle. Sandusky is an example of that community and he was proud of his accomplishments as a pedophile satisfied with his choices. Believe me there are far larger and more pressing problems than a statue of an unfortunate.
Patero was of a different generation. One that didn't understand the strength of safety in numbers. Most of the time institutions were not empowering so much as machines of the system. That is what Peterno understood. Either become a 'brick in the wall' or lose your job, your place in the world and a future.
Paterno is a prime example of the failure of power today. People find empowerment among each other. The ease with which danger of any kind exists in the world today, rarely goes unnoticed. That was not the case for Paterno. He handled a pedophile as best he could while building lives and futures for students and staff.
Paterno obviously had success. The people under his tutelage became successful and it wasn't because pedolphilia ran wild among them.
Sandusky was gone a while ago. He was considered a danger to the Penn State Football Program long before he was finally prosecuted and moved out of society. Paterno did something right. No one can accuse him of simply looking the other way, that wasn't the case. If he didn't have the means within his own understanding of his power and prestige enough to move an administration then all anyone can accuse him of is being humble. If he was at a loss to protect young men and boys whom he had little to no influence over, then the only thing he is guilty of is being an innocent by stander.
Paterno is not the monster. He is an unfortunate. He lacked the will to move against the system, he acquired that understanding somewhere.
The problem with Sandusky was the incideous ability he had to acquire young boys for his sexual antics. He formed an entire organization around recruiting disadvantaged young men to satisfy his appetite. He adopted boys to exploit. Was there no measure within the system to stop this man?
There are many other aspects to Sandusky's crimes that needs to be examined to the exploitation of children. Paterno was not as much the problem as the system he lived and worked. Paterno was not omnipotent. He did not control every aspect of the indecency and criminal content of a pedophile. I am sure he was as disgusted as anyone and reflected on it many times. I sincerely believe Paterno simply didn't have the ability to move outside his own understanding of victimization.
It is not unusual for professionals to dismiss federal mandates to act against abuse. There is sometimes a lot on the line, too. They can't do it anonymously. They don't have a lawyer's head on their shoulders. They second guess their own conclusions.
I believe all those involved with Paterno, his memory and the appropriate elevation of his career will do the right thing. The administration has to have a chance to sort through it all. Their case for action has to be solid and well considered, otherwise, it will look like as a vengeful propaganda stunt.
I'll tell you what bothers me more; the murder of a man years ago. Sandusky is physically a large and strong man. I would not put anything past him in his belief he was a pedophile's path to success, including murder. Sandusky wrote a 'how to book' for other pedophiles. If one gets to know the pedophile community there is the understanding they have a legitimate right to their lifestyle. Sandusky is an example of that community and he was proud of his accomplishments as a pedophile satisfied with his choices. Believe me there are far larger and more pressing problems than a statue of an unfortunate.
