Joe Paterno, 85, dies in State College

[Bohunk68]

45. Not sure where I stand on this

He is of about the age of the person who molested me as a youngster throughout the 50's. Yes, he was of a different era and back then, in the 50's, there was no one to turn to. A person of the cloth? Yeah, right. The cops? Yeah, right. They would've done nothing either. My mother? She turned a blind eye. Now, one can make excuses for Joe, but, by the 90's and oughts when this all occurred there were different parameters than in the 50's and 60's. He knew better and he surely knew what he should have done. Unless one wants to claim total ignorance of the changes in societal thinking. He said nothing because it was all about "his" team and "his" university and "his" career. The only reason that I am sorry that he died is that he died before judgement came in and he could atone for his sins. Those above who have excused his actions don't even list the good things that he has allegedly done other than give books to the library. Those persons need to search their own souls and figure out why they are saying ok to a child molester enabler.