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Fri Nov-11-11 09:43 AM
Response to Reply #25 |
| 27. Interesting theory. I never thought of that. |
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But the thing that keeps tripping me up is the fact that McQueary's dad is a pediatrician. He should know better; he should at least know some of the signs of child abuse. Is it possible he did not recognize them in his own son?
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| -Best thing I've read yet on Mike McQueary and the PSU/Sandusky sex abuse scandal: |
kath |
Nov-11-11 01:37 AM |
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I agree. I've changed my thinking on McQueary. |
Tatiana |
Nov-11-11 01:47 AM |
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McQueary doesn't deserve his freedom. |
SunSeeker |
Nov-11-11 01:33 PM |
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What else boggles the mind: rape is a capital crime. Like MURDER. If McQuerry |
loudsue |
Nov-12-11 12:40 AM |
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You've really made me think. |
FedUp_Queer |
Nov-11-11 04:47 PM |
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People in a cult, the mafia, the Catholic Church don't flip... |
WhaTHellsgoingonhere |
Nov-11-11 11:58 PM |
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My fiance is quite the pacifist.... |
blueamy66 |
Nov-12-11 06:48 AM |
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Kick and Highly Rec for anyone who says they are TIRED of the Penn Scandal n/t |
Mojeoux |
Nov-11-11 01:59 AM |
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It's NEVER over for the victims! |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-11-11 11:21 AM |
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+100 |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-11-11 01:44 PM |
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+1000 n/t |
MissDeeds |
Nov-11-11 02:16 PM |
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tomorrow I am going to watch the fragging game and see what |
roguevalley |
Nov-11-11 11:34 PM |
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Wait. What? |
Control-Z |
Nov-12-11 02:34 AM |
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college football |
blueamy66 |
Nov-12-11 06:46 AM |
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+1,000 |
freshwest |
Nov-12-11 12:36 AM |
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+1 |
snagglepuss |
Nov-11-11 12:34 PM |
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Kick and rec for any adult who resolves it's not going to happen to one more kid |
Missy Vixen |
Nov-11-11 04:20 PM |
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Agreed |
SixthSense |
Nov-11-11 02:07 AM |
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Yet look how this story is being reported. A lot of people can't bring themselves to speak of |
dkf |
Nov-11-11 02:14 AM |
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Really? The ladies on my soap board had no trouble discussing it. |
aquart |
Nov-11-11 03:24 AM |
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How explicit did they get? |
dkf |
Nov-11-11 03:34 AM |
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Yesterday, Papentonio reported on a talk show... |
BanzaiBonnie |
Nov-11-11 04:15 AM |
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Papantonio has no basis for that report |
alcibiades_mystery |
Nov-11-11 02:11 PM |
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Pfffttt... that's what PATERNO claimed |
TorchTheWitch |
Nov-11-11 04:41 AM |
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Makes sense. Well said. n/t |
Laelth |
Nov-11-11 05:38 AM |
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Paterno hasn't been charged with perjury |
alcibiades_mystery |
Nov-11-11 02:13 PM |
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"Apparently" is he said, he said. I don't believe JoePa for one second. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-11-11 06:33 AM |
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No, he didn't. The grand jury report makes it clear that McQueary was explicit... |
SidDithers |
Nov-11-11 06:45 AM |
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I think that remains to be seen |
alcibiades_mystery |
Nov-11-11 03:43 PM |
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My 32-year-old son called the other night to discuss it. He didn't feel |
tblue37 |
Nov-11-11 03:37 PM |
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Best comment to that story .... was from ..... |
doublethink |
Nov-11-11 02:29 AM |
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My husband, who was in sports and as a coach all his life |
adigal |
Nov-11-11 06:35 AM |
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What struggle? |
Pat Riot |
Nov-11-11 04:25 PM |
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Now THAT would be irony in practice!! |
adigal |
Nov-12-11 10:13 PM |
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Yup!! |
SunSeeker |
Nov-11-11 01:25 PM |
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That is not too over the top for me. |
pennylane100 |
Nov-11-11 05:30 PM |
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There is a kind of paralysis that sets in--but it shouldn't last all that long |
eridani |
Nov-11-11 03:07 AM |
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You were 3 - that is understandable. He was 28. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Nov-11-11 06:19 AM |
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It's difficult to question someone in a moment of shock |
LynneSin |
Nov-11-11 12:27 PM |
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I know. Shock sets in, and you don't |
truedelphi |
Nov-11-11 08:03 PM |
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+1,000 |
malaise |
Nov-11-11 03:10 AM |
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I'll bet all his plays came in from the sidelines. |
Downwinder |
Nov-11-11 03:33 AM |
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It was just reported this morning |
Dash Riprock |
Nov-11-11 04:47 AM |
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He is the Wide Receiver's coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the school football program |
Ruby the Liberal |
Nov-11-11 06:13 AM |
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Amazing, isn't it? That of all people, the guy who witnessed and did NOTHING, still has a job? |
MH1 |
Nov-11-11 11:47 AM |
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What really amazes me is how he went from grad assistant to PSU coach |
LynneSin |
Nov-11-11 12:28 PM |
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Grad assistant happens to be the position he was in at the time, but it makes more sense if you... |
JVS |
Nov-11-11 12:48 PM |
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No doubt in my mind what happened. He was bought off a la Michael Jackson. nt |
valerief |
Nov-11-11 06:15 PM |
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Jon Stewart said the same thing tonight... |
ellisonz |
Nov-11-11 04:51 AM |
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Having been in several situations in which I witnessed abuse.... |
OneGrassRoot |
Nov-11-11 06:36 AM |
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I wish to God it had been me who was that witness. |
tblue |
Nov-11-11 09:04 PM |
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Been there too, it has to do with knowing we are flesh, we hurt, we feel, we know, we act. |
freshwest |
Nov-12-11 12:49 AM |
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I post this periodically for bullying, but it certainly applies to this as well: |
OneGrassRoot |
Nov-12-11 06:32 AM |
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Yes, that is what my husband and I said last night |
adigal |
Nov-11-11 06:30 AM |
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Seriously, this is the, PTE, bottom line. There is no rational defense on earth to counter this. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-11-11 06:36 AM |
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As a victim of abuse, i will tell you what could make a 6'5" 250+lbs man not call the police & beat |
Pachamama |
Nov-11-11 08:10 AM |
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Interesting theory. I never thought of that. |
Tatiana |
Nov-11-11 09:43 AM |
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Another factor to keep in mind: Threats |
Pachamama |
Nov-11-11 11:28 AM |
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I've been following the disappeared DA story since it started |
Patiod |
Nov-11-11 12:19 PM |
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perhaps the DA was researching how hard drives get destroyed |
OnceUponTimeOnTheNet |
Nov-11-11 10:03 PM |
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It's very easy for a child to hide abuse, even from a trained observer. |
Gormy Cuss |
Nov-11-11 11:40 AM |
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I'm wondering if he was the pediatrician for the Second Mile. |
Lars39 |
Nov-11-11 12:21 PM |
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Another poster said he isn't a pediatrician but a physicans assistant who |
snagglepuss |
Nov-11-11 12:46 PM |
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I think you nailed it. |
Downwinder |
Nov-11-11 11:46 AM |
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That is a very plausible theory |
adigal |
Nov-11-11 11:53 AM |
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that would be the only thing that could excuse what he did, I think |
spooked911 |
Nov-11-11 02:32 PM |
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I think you have described the only possible extenuating circumstances- . |
hedgehog |
Nov-11-11 03:02 PM |
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That is a very well thought out hypothesis |
pennylane100 |
Nov-11-11 05:49 PM |
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WHAT? This guy was 28 years old when this happened? |
Drahthaardogs |
Nov-11-11 06:56 AM |
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Joe Paterno's behavior was worse than McQueary's -- he was no patsy. |
pnwmom |
Nov-11-11 12:24 PM |
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they have made it sound like he was a kid when he witnessed... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-11-11 08:55 AM |
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He followed PA law. The legislators hadn't thought through that law well enough. n/t |
pnwmom |
Nov-11-11 12:25 PM |
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Um... yeah...sure... |
bullsnarfle |
Nov-11-11 03:14 PM |
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sometimes it's necessary to go beyond the boundaries of the law.. |
frylock |
Nov-11-11 04:14 PM |
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I'm not sure he followed Federal law... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-11-11 08:33 PM |
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I'm OK with this top down approach to PSU dissassociating itself with certain employees. |
aikoaiko |
Nov-11-11 11:30 AM |
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"As the investigation continues" ??? WTF? WHY NOT NOW??? |
MH1 |
Nov-11-11 11:44 AM |
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There are, apparently, several people who had direct or indirect knowlede of abuse. |
aikoaiko |
Nov-11-11 12:24 PM |
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Exactly. Imagine a grade school covering up this kind of |
mzmolly |
Nov-11-11 02:53 PM |
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I suspect at the end of the season the whole coaching staff will go |
LynneSin |
Nov-11-11 12:26 PM |
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Agreed. Coaches. athletics, summer camp officials, even janitors.... |
aikoaiko |
Nov-11-11 12:35 PM |
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this along with the rene portland affair calls for a closer look at the entire AD.. |
frylock |
Nov-11-11 05:05 PM |
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Good for the author! |
lunatica |
Nov-11-11 11:52 AM |
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Wow ! Thanks for the post... |
russspeakeasy |
Nov-11-11 12:49 PM |
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Rec'd, rec'd and rec'd |
Number23 |
Nov-11-11 02:54 PM |
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It makes me ill that so many are defending a 28-yr old grad student, |
TBF |
Nov-11-11 03:03 PM |
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That little boy is US and Sandusky and Paterno is the 1% n/t |
librechik |
Nov-11-11 03:11 PM |
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Right, about McQueary's culpability, but wrong about leadership. |
caseymoz |
Nov-11-11 03:28 PM |
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I can't buy this: |
tblue37 |
Nov-11-11 03:41 PM |
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I wasn't informed about that part of it. |
caseymoz |
Nov-11-11 03:44 PM |
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Cowards pick victims who can't fight back |
REP |
Nov-11-11 06:22 PM |
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Where did I say a 10-year-old boy can fight off an adult man? |
caseymoz |
Nov-11-11 11:12 PM |
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You implied it with this statement: |
REP |
Nov-12-11 01:25 AM |
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A very serious misunderstanding. |
caseymoz |
Nov-12-11 08:02 AM |
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How does anyone just walk away? |
Prism |
Nov-11-11 03:48 PM |
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I did not realize until this article that McCreary and the '28 year old grad asst' were one |
ladywnch |
Nov-11-11 04:06 PM |
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I fear if you punish McQueary you discourage people from coming forward |
Hamlette |
Nov-11-11 06:25 PM |
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Do all of you who are condemning Mike McCreary |
cadaverdog |
Nov-11-11 07:10 PM |
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Anyone sympathizing with McCreary should ask themselves this: |
tnvoter |
Nov-11-11 07:51 PM |
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As Tansy Gold argued in another thread, it is highly improbable that he |
snagglepuss |
Nov-11-11 08:17 PM |
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WTF??!! |
Arugula Latte |
Nov-11-11 09:58 PM |
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And do YOU realize that, after witnessing Sandusky RAPING a child, |
beac |
Nov-12-11 12:00 AM |
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Sadly, K and R |
OwnedByFerrets |
Nov-11-11 07:53 PM |
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Money Corrupts Absolutely |
DallasNE |
Nov-11-11 09:42 PM |
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He should have went and found the nearest baseball bat or Hockey Stick and |
donheld |
Nov-11-11 10:15 PM |
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A fair question, playing Devil's Advocate.. |
JackDragna |
Nov-11-11 11:08 PM |
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Was he still in "shock" when he attended charity events featuring Sandusky |
beac |
Nov-12-11 12:08 AM |
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No, and for that, he deserves what's coming. |
JackDragna |
Nov-12-11 12:33 AM |
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OK. I read your intention incorrectly and |
beac |
Nov-12-11 01:24 AM |
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No apology needed - we're in agreement. |
JackDragna |
Nov-12-11 02:17 AM |
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The phrase "How did he sleep at night?" barely begins to cover it. n/t |
beac |
Nov-12-11 02:43 AM |
#105 |
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