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fried eggs (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:29 AM Original message |
if it turns out that McQueary was also a victim, would that soften your view? |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, that's some wild speculation... without, AFAIK, basis whatsoever. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Evidently one of Sandusky's adopted children was a friend with McQueary when they were kids.. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. McQueary grew up near Sandusky and their families were in contact since he was a kid |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not sure to be honest. |
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PoiBoy (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. No.. |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Might make it worse |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. i can't. i will be more sorry and empathitic to him, but no. at a certain point in life, |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. I have mixed feelings... |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. His victims were from e Second Mile charity, not PS. And no. |
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irisblue (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. might explain |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Yes definitely. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. No. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. If it turns out that McQueary's story has massive holes |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
13. No, he had money to seek help & made a CONSCIENCE choice to do it |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. No. No. and No. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. Only 1 reason why this big, strapping guy did not intervene: |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Ockham's Razor suggests you are correct, I think. However, there |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. So he was a 'victim' who took the pay off, and joined the circle? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
18. That sounds incredibly unlikely |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. He has either already lost his jor or will when a new head coach is hired |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. I realize my opinion probably |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. This might be true if there weren't already a pattern in place. ... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Ummmm...... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. I'm pretty much with you, including the implied part about not having all the information. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. No. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. Adults are responsible for their behavior... regardless of what happened to them as children. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. It didn't stop me when I was 14 when I stopped a 12 yr. old boy |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. oh my god. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. Good for you! You have guts and good instincts. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. NO, it seems he should have wanted to help the boy, IMO. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. Would make a difference in any criminal charges for failure to report... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. No. nt |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. only if he drowns kids in a tub, is female, and married to a man we could blame |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. ROFL. nt |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. No. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. Oh. Hell. No. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. Perhaps. The rape survivors I've known react to that kind of thing in so many different ways |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. Absolutely Not. (n/t) |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. Sure, let's also empty the prisons of all violent criminals who were the victims of abuse |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
38. No. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
39. If they don't find "victim 8" then it's a problem for the prosecution. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. He continued, for 9 years, to work and live in that environment. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Many (most?) child abuse survivors live with the abuser for decades without a peep |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. First, have the victims not come forward or is it not yet reported? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. None of Sandusky's victims have stepped forward and identified themselves yet |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. "...a tip line has been receiving calls from alleged victims of Sandusky..." |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Are you asking me about other campus' or is that a rhetorical question? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Both actually; but more rhetorical. |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. At this point I'm not sure I would want to "step forward" |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I'm with you. It would be quite terrifying especially if a member of the media |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. Not really. And no, he should lose his job. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. it would soften my view of McQueary, but all of them need to go, |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. There's no evidence of this. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
51. I've had that thought for a few days, and here's how it may affect my view: |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. He took a job with an institution he knew had covered up the crime.... |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
56. Well, no. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. How many here have been victims of childhood sexual abuse? |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. if punishing McQueary makes it so future whistle blowers keep silent, would that matter? |
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