Wonderful. The big
11:11 11/11/11 is going to be about Joe freaking
Paterno. Not that I had anything planned, but it
just sucks that this is how I'm gonna remember
this day. A bunch of absolute fucktards yelling "We
Want Joe" because he was their football coach. I'm not
sure I've ever been more disgusted. Is our society
actually losing intelligence? The ability to grasp
complex concepts, when honestly, this isn't even that
complex? Do we really care about sports
THIS MUCH? You all know I'm a Buckeye Fan, and I
absolutely believe kids at OSU would do the same
thing. Towns that are insane about their
football teams literally cannot see outside of their
fanatacism. It is a religion. And whereas I wanted
Tressel's resignation the moment I saw the emails
that he knew about our scandal and did nothing? These
"fans" are in the street protesting the firing of a
man who knew about one of his coaches ANALLY
RAPING A 10 YEAR OLD in the showers on
CAMPUS, yet never going to the police. What? Is this
really still about football to those kids? Huh? That's
why this video is so upsetting to me:
The
anti-intellectualism and immaturity in that video is
mind boggling. Presumably, at it's SIMPLEST, these
idiots feel that because Joe Paterno didn't
himself rape these kids, this is unfair. That's
the brain power of a 6 year old. At some point that
SIX YEAR OLD matures and understands
the liability of knowing about a crime and not
reporting it. I would even argue that not reporting a
one-time MURDER is less of a "sin" than a child
rape, because not every murder is SERIAL - yet I've
never heard of a child rapist that stopped at ONE. Joe
Paterno is absolutely liable for every kid harmed by
that animal after he knew. It is a lack of integrity
and character that is so sickening, I can barely type
this without having to calm down for a bit. Sandusky
brought in a LOT of money to the school, and heaven
forbid this got out... so let's just tell the
president and have his KEYS taken away, and we'll
keep him at the school in a different capacity. WHAT?
WHHHHHHHHHHHAT?
You have to wonder
the motivation for such complicity. Because, none of
us would think like that. If I was in a famous
rockband, and found my drummer
BUTT FUCKING a 10 year old, I'm fairly sure
I wouldn't think about the RECORD CONTRACT
we have, and just tell the other band members. I don't
care if it's a family member, your best friend, your
father, your husband, your wife... this is an
easy scruples question. So you have to wonder
if Paterno was somehow involved, or if he
honestly held his football legacy in such high regard
that he wanted to bury this... but then, why the fuck
would this guy still be AROUND? Some reports say they
knew of his past as early as 1998, but there's no
doubt that he was told of the shower incident in 2002,
simply told his boss... and then went
ABOUT HIS BUSINESS. Didn't follow up? Didn't
wonder why this guy was still around? Is football THAT
powerful? Is "LEGACY" that important? And what
IS your legacy Mr. Paterno? What did you stand
for all those years?
YOU. You stood,
for YOU. That was more important than standing up for
the most innocent among us. We crucify Michael Vick
for what those under him did to DOGS yet
college kids stand in the streets in rousing support
of the beloved accessory to child rape? Fuck this.
If this is "higher learning", I'm telling my kids
to drop out and join the peace corps. I've never
witnessed anything like this in my life. And listen,
I'm not completely unaware that college kids will
usually go anywhere there's a gathering without it
"meaning" anything. They're drunk, there's
people... "Hey, let's go over there..." But there's no
denying they were chanting "WE WANT JOE".
So, pardon me if I rant here...
This is what is so
dangerous about religion. A dogma that you put
ABOVE your common sense. You don't think football is a
religion? Seriously? Where else have people excused
child rape in an effort not to tarnish legacy? All the
while chanting some phrase to someone or something
they hold dear. Priests weren't arrested, they were
MOVED TO ANOTHER CHURCH. This is
exactly the same. When the institution becomes
more important than the well-being of those within it?
It's too big. Football, is too big. This makes
me want to "occupy" stadiums. What the fuck has
happened to our society?
Please let this be
a crossroads for every single football fan in this
country. To put things back in perspective. Just as
I believe the priest scandals that have swept
through the Catholic Church the past couple of decades
has been a wake up call to many Catholics. When
institutions become a business? They're no longer
about spirituality or teaching kids the fundamentals
of life through sports. They become EVIL. Upholding
the institution becomes the only priority. Churches
used to be the last vestage for the sick, the
defenseless... the children. And now? They're big
business. College football used to be about honor,
teamwork, sacrifice and school spirit. Now it's
completely about money. Now we're using these
kids to make BIGGER SCHOOLS. Bigger buildings.
Bigger legacies. Now we're ignoring
CHILD RAPE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY to
keep the institution growing.
