Reply #104: The fans should be demanding heads... [View All]

[deadinsider]

How about the university police?

Penn State fans need to say "we are going to demand that they clean house." I understand that the fans, alumni, students, and faculty put a lot of their heart and soul into the university. I would hope and expect they demand that anyone that passively dealt with this situation be terminated ASAP (and prosecuted where applicable).

And how in the hell is it that the DAs Office had nothing that suggested they could successfully prosecute? After a pattern of abuse that lasted this long? That is nowhere near an acceptable conclusion. This doesn't seem to incriminate Penn State exclusively unless the DAs Office was never provided with all the evidence.

However, I cannot see how they did not catch wind of the multiple reports and hearsay involving this case. Either way, there's some major criminal activity going on if you ask me. And I really don't give a shit what the State laws say. Isn't their one Federal Law that would apply here? And if not: why the hell not?

In a way, Penn Stat seems to reflect the current state of our country: those in power are either incompetent (I don't think so) or are just self-centered pieces of shit who care nothing about right and wrong or the greater good.

Also, all the original poster is saying is "don't think of Happy Valley as some hotbed of pedophiles." It is no more a 'haven' for such filth than Omaha, Nebraska (see Franklin Scandal) or the red light district of any major city where underage prostitution is not as uncommon as one would like to think. This just happens to apply to a notable institution, and people should always be aware that its not particular to that institution. That's the point: its about power and it could happen anywhere. And it does.

I feel bad for the good people of Happy Valley and Penn State to have to see their cherished institution and the good name of their town besmirched by some very bad men.

But I feel sorrier for the kids and their families that were the victims of these crimes. As I believe we all are.

On edit: i had to correct 'capital' to 'university' police. Sorry, live in Madison, WI ;)