Originally Posted by The Batlord

I will never understand how people's love of football can cause them to still have respect for someone after they've done something scummy. If Joe Douchebag from accounting gets arrested for embezzlement, nobody says, "It's a shame he did what he did, but we'll always remember him for being such a great accountant." Apparently covering for pedophiles, dog fighting, or rape don't count as good enough reasons to throw someone under the bus if they're good at football.

Originally Posted by Tuna

If I remembered Joe Douchebag as a nice, caring family man than yes I would say that.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

But they were talking about Paterno in the context of being a family man. They were talking about him as a football coach.



Well, it certainly didn't seem to be, "I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make sure no more kids get sodomized."

Originally Posted by Tuna

And I agree with you that there's no excuse for his actions, I'm simply explaining why some of us will still remember him in a positive light.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.