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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #960 on: August 10, 2012, 05:15:47 pm »
I'm actually with the Penn State fans (although I am one myself, so I'm biased). To my knowledge, not a single current employee of Penn State was involved in the scandal. I don't believe that the school as a whole deserves to be punished, when they did not do anything wrong.

But the same thing happens any time the NCAA sanctions an athletic program - the innocent are punished. Yes, it sucks for the Penn State players through the years who knew nothing about Sandusky's abuse.

The difference here is that what happened wasn't directly part of the athletic program. This wasn't a scandal over illegal enhancements or paying athletes. It was a sexual abuse scandal that happened to involve people in the Penn State football program. As my mom said, if Jerry Sandusky had been an English professor, would the NCAA have even gotten involved?

No the National Collegiate Athletics Association would not have gotten involved if he were an English teacher since the English dept has nothing to do with athletics.  However when a coach of the football team is molesting little boys,  I think that gives them every right to get involved.  Yes,  Sandusky was relieved of his coaching duties after they discovered it in 1999, but they still let him bring young boys on campus for years afterward.  Like I said before, the school covered this up to protect a football program.  Those little boys deserved better than Penn State gave them. 

Now did the NCAA overstep itself with this decision?  Maybe, but I can't say I disagree with it.  This situation is infinitely worse than the SMU situation and they got the death penalty.  I think that this is the definition of lack or loss of institutional control.  You had an administration not only covering up but allowing a pedophile to continue raping little boys for over a decade after the first reported incident.  I was 100% behind JoePa back when he was fired.  After the Freeh report, I'm just sickened that he let this happen.  I feel for the players because this really isn't their fault, but the message had to be sent.  The safety of those children should have been more important than the image of the football team.  By covering it up they've tainted the image of PSU so badly that it will take years to fix.  If theyu had turned Sandusky in after the first report in 1999, think of how much better PSU would look right now.  It would be forgotten and people would have moved on by now.  JoePa's legacy is ruined, the schools reputation has been ruined.  Was it worth it?

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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #961 on: August 10, 2012, 06:05:24 pm »
It would be forgotten and people would have moved on by now.  JoePa's legacy is ruined, the schools reputation has been ruined.  Was it worth it?
Institutional cover up, institutional punishment.


I think a shorter version of what some people are trying to say is this isn't about the kids who aren't going to be playing on the team. It's about sending a message to the organizations they play for that raping kids isn't ok, no matter how good someone may be at their job. Or really any criminal activities. If you don't punish the organization those who remain will simply assume it'll be fine so long as they cover it up long enough for everyone involved to get out of dodge. The same kind of institutional lack of responsibility we see in government, or corporations.

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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #962 on: August 10, 2012, 11:54:59 pm »


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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #964 on: August 11, 2012, 12:22:16 am »
It would be forgotten and people would have moved on by now.  JoePa's legacy is ruined, the schools reputation has been ruined.  Was it worth it?
Institutional cover up, institutional punishment.


I think a shorter version of what some people are trying to say is this isn't about the kids who aren't going to be playing on the team. It's about sending a message to the organizations they play for that raping kids isn't ok, no matter how good someone may be at their job. Or really any criminal activities. If you don't punish the organization those who remain will simply assume it'll be fine so long as they cover it up long enough for everyone involved to get out of dodge. The same kind of institutional lack of responsibility we see in government, or corporations.

Ah, I see. I happen to think that the reputational damage to Penn State was severe enough that the rational response to a similar situation in the future would be to report it ASAP, but that's a matter of opinion. And I think we've deviated from the main topic long enough.

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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #965 on: August 11, 2012, 12:33:03 am »

I would post the "Won't you think of the white people?" image, but I'm too fucking lazy.

Seriously, I don't know if this is a joke or real, but all I know is that it's just as bullshit as that Heterosexual Awareness poster and it reeks of persecution complex.

Also:

...Yes, I support marriage for homosexuals and abortion. You guys are saying that like it's a bad... oh, this sign is telling you to vote Republican and to abolish LGBT(Q) and reproductive rights. Never mind.

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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #966 on: August 11, 2012, 12:41:14 am »
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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #967 on: August 11, 2012, 02:04:24 am »


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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #969 on: August 12, 2012, 02:52:37 am »
Is that a shirt for toddlers?

Because I'm pretty sure babies don't have the most informed opinions on religion and gun control.

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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #970 on: August 12, 2012, 03:02:11 am »
Is that a shirt for toddlers?

Because I'm pretty sure babies don't have the most informed opinions on religion and gun control.

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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #971 on: August 12, 2012, 02:20:19 pm »


I feel like you're expecting me to say no.
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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #972 on: August 12, 2012, 10:23:09 pm »



Somehow I don't think it's very safe to give your baby a gun.
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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #973 on: August 13, 2012, 04:08:05 am »



Somehow I don't think it's very safe to give your baby a gun.

It's just cleaning the gene pool a bit early, that's all... >:3
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Re: Dumbest Protest Signs
« Reply #974 on: August 13, 2012, 07:15:21 am »
I never understood why people feel the need to plaster their political beliefs all over their car. Especially when they're stupid as shit.

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