Does Joe Paterno’s Statue Need to Be Removed?

There should be NO question, what he did in unconscionable!!!! and can never be excused!!!!!! Take it down NOW!

Unfortunately. I used watch his games in the 80's going after Miami.

I think he is just as guilty!! so, yes!..take it down!!

So he held the kids down and spread their butt cheeks open?

That is not the report I heard so to say he had an equal part is simply moronic at best.

he is just as guilty, he knew about it and done nothing, like he should have done.to report it or even put a stop to it!

He did report it.

he only did so when he had to

Immediately seems pretty good to me. It is what I would have done.

Actually, if I were the person that visually witnessed it, I would have done one of two things: stopped it myself and/or called the police myself.

he squashed the information,

he held back information

he made sure the state cops , the local police were NOT informed of children being raped in the football buildings....

He did what he had to do and I applaud him for his efforts. Don't forget, he never witnessed it.

Aren't you the least bit upset with the people that visually saw it and did nothing?

If I see some homo raping a little boy, I am going to stop it.

upset with the guy that walked in on them ? yes, he has my pity , and I wonder how he could ever look in the mirror with out looking away in shame.

I am not sure what I would do in the same situation, I HOPE I would stand up and do the right thing, but , we / I do not know what the reaction would be ,

Exactly. It is very easy to judge someone for not doing this or that because we are insulated from the reality of the situation.

All I am saying is that people should focus their anger on the people that both did the deed and the ones that could have immdeiately taken steps to stop what they were seeing.

that is a starting point ,, there will be enuff blame to go around on this .

and , IMO , paterno earned some of the blame..

I am not giving the others a pass on this, I am voiceing my thoughts that paterno to be included in the responsibility of the crime..

it is my understanding, paterno knew what was going on, and paterno took active steps to keep it quite and squashed any investigation for 15 years..
if ( a big IF ) this comes out as true, and I have belief it shall, the tearing down of a statue will be small compaired to the law suit coming

he knew what happened,
he knew what was going on
he had a reasonable knowledge of what was going to happen ..

damn, before , during , and he did nothing but hide it from authorities ..

he allowed it to continue, he hid information so that it could continue , and continue it did

for 15 years sandusky was raping young children, and paterno knew ...

Paterno did his part. I am more upset at the homo rapist and the parents of the kids.

Paterno did his part! If nothing was his part, he certainly did so with gusto. Someone who Paterno himself called a friend is accused of child molestation, which by the way is a felony and all he did was pass it on the the atheletic director? Never checked and never called the cops, and let the guy stay on in an unofficial capacity. Does that mean he would have also let it go if other of his "friends" were committing crimes? Why are you upset with the parents? According to the victims, they didn't tell their parents

You want to know what really gets me the most? The absolute speed in which everyone wants to grab a rope and a torch and pull some person out into the town square to hang them.

You folks scare the hell out of me. When you allow your emotions to lead you then you will destroy yourself and others.

speed? What was speedy about this? People do tend to get upset when the has been a cover up of illegality especially when those involved portray themselves as the opposite. But at least the law has run its' course and the Penn State report condemns Paterno.
The vigilante mentality is seen with cases such as George Zimmerman or Casey Anthony where guilt is determined regardless of a trial or it's outcome.

Yes...the suits got to point fingers and come away looking like they did their job.

by "suits" you mean the report authors? it was a prime example of CYA.
Frankly I just don't understand how he could not check about a supposed friend - it made Paterno an enabler especially since he said nothing to the police. I don't know why Penn State would want that reminder, because that is what he will be from now on

Yes, they are the suits I meant.

Paterno was in the middle. It was not his place to be the spokesman for anything other than Penn State Football. The heads of the college are the ones that did not act. Paterno told them what he knew a long time ago and, as a person that did not witness it, he was out of it as far as I am concerned.

I feel people attack Paterno because, aside from Sandusky, he has the easiest face and name to remember by the vigilantes.

Come on.....let's attack Joe Paterno....everyone is doing it! - The mob mentality.

Yes his plce was only football but he made it otherwise when he held himself up as an ethical symbol. It all beacme a case of do what I say, not what I do. As a head coach of the football team, he should know everyone on the team, most especially the coaches as they represent him

A lookout does not witness the robbery of a bank and yet he is still charged with bank robbery
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Sandusky had not been a coach since the 90's. The school, not Paterno, allowed him to keep an office there.

I disagree, paterno enabled sandusky to do what he did for 15 years,

the only part that paterno did was negoiate terms for his retirement when the hammer was falling on his head, paterno let a lot of people down .. and for that paterno will be remembered,, as the guy that allowed a child rapist in his building to rape children .... for 15 years..

We will have to just disagree on this then. I have no issue with Paterno. I have my issues with the homosexual rapist, the people that witnessed it firsthand and did nothing and the people at the top in the university.

and on that point , we agree, the azz rapist of children has earned capitol punishment , IMO.


the guy that stood and watched ( peeping tom ? ) and ran home to daddy to see what to do about it , damn, what a coward ..

the president , all involved in the suppression , and this includes paterno , all of them are scum , and not one , IMO , should get a free pass and get off .

the authorities have taken care of sandusky, the university president and his partner in crime will face the judge with the lie to grand jury .

paterno ? not much kicking a dead horse ... but his death will not save , nor should it save , his legacy or repretation.. 50 years of running a clean house
( or what the public thought he ran a clean house, looks like he was dirty as sin ) and all it will come down.. to me a hero has fell, and it seems that paterno was not all what I though he was, and that is sad,,,

I agree with you on about 80% of it so that is a plus!

I voted to take it down because there wasn't another choice. I vote to just blow it up. Why go through tax payer or school money to take it down. Or Give those kids a sledge hammer let them get a whack at him.

tottally agree!

Or just weld some BLINDERS on it!!!!

see no evil,
hear no evil
do not bring in police to stop the evil...

paterno, allowed this to happen, allowed it to contine for 15 years in the football buildings.

As a parent, it makes me sick to my stomach. How could he stand by? I don't get it.

not sure exactly, here in western Pa. this is all over the papers, tv news, the talk shows , etc.

it seems , for what ever his motives,, paterno was active in his with holding information from authoritites, and also paterno used his influence to stop others from going to the authorities with the information ..

seems as though paterno was an allowing this action to continue..

looks like more and more info is coming out, paterno is no longer able to hide the info and his family is either unwilling or unable to hide it also..

unless you want to replace it with an odumba statue

plant a weeping willow

Another stupid response!!!!!

Not really.!! I think that's a very profound alternative to Put in place of Joe's statue! A weeeping willow on Penn State's campus reminds students of those young victims who were forever changed; no, I mean ruined by a freakin' perv.

Not talking about the weeping willow, talking about your odumba statue comment.

blah blah some random political response in a poll that has nothing to do with it... blah