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Originally Posted by Cardus
We are trained to worship elites? Is this taught at Penn State? I wasn't taught this. It sounds like Nazism.
Your post reads like an "relativist" defense, but we are talking about this instance.
Announcing that anyone has a "right" to express dismay is not the point; whether it is a moral defense is the point.
What the protesting students are doing, whether they know it or not -- and shame on them if they do not understand this notion -- is defending a man who protected a pedophile. There is no way around that.
It is unfathomable to me that any human being would put their idolatry before the lives of innocent children. And those who do are wrong.
We are not talking about a coach who violated NCAA rules, or blew a .11, or had a drug problem. I could see a mass protest if that were the case.
Is pedophilia in a "gray area"?
Those who treat it as such -- and I expect 18-21 year-olds to get this -- are immoral.
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Good post. I do not worhsip elites...an extremely large percentage of Americans do. A lot of people actually respected and still do, Ronald Reagan, another senile criminal bastard of similar strain as Joe Paterno. I view the misguided students worshipping Paterno as those who actually think Reagan was someone to be admired. He isn't, nor is paterno at this point. I was hopeful Paterno was just a doddering old fool hanging on for meaningless records. I was sadly wrong. I think the students currently at Penn State doing their stuff on Wednesday night holding joe vigils were simply misguided which I understand. I feel the same about people who still think Ronald REagan was a good man. He wasn't. Many people will disagree with me on that which is fine, but that is why I defended the misguided students at Penn State. Simply misguided at this time.