If even the devil is upset, you know it is bad. There are very few words I could use that would accurately describe the revulsion I feel towards the Penn State scandal. For those of you who don't know, first off: do you live on planet Earth?? This is BIG. Like ground-breaking, WTF, people-are-going-to-Hell big. Google this case now, and shed a tear with me for the possibly-hundreds of boys that were sexually abused by Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky started a charity called the Second Mile Foundation, which was supposedly a non-profit organization that helped impoverished youth. Turns out this charity was a way to get to his ideal victims; kids who won't speak out because they believe no one will help them, or kids who think this is the way help comes to those who need it. This man actually makes me so angry to the point of tears, thinking of how he stole the innocence of children looking for help. He is the scum of the Earth, the lowest of low, the definition of a monster. And the sad thing is, this information is only starting to be made public, and the story is going to get alot more scandalous. This is what they already have. More is bound to come out too, since you don't just wake up one day at age 55 and say, "O I guess I'm a pedophile now." And if you look at the "what was done" column, you see a long history of reports and coverups. Which makes me believe that Penn State is one horrid place, that places its football program over basic morals. If you hear/see ANYTHING that would give evidence to a young boy getting raped AND/OR sexually abused, anything at all, you report it. You report it right away, no matter who it is, no matter if you aren't quite sure how serious it is, no matter if you are scared for your job or football season. Obviously Penn State didn't quite know that. So Mr. JoePa (Penn State's pride and joy, the football coach who was recently fired; go figure), you are guilty in my eyes too. Guilty of protecting a football program over a child. Failure to report. You reported to your superiors. Big whoop. They aren't the police, they aren't going to arrest the people in this blatant cover-up. Who knows: maybe JoePa was in it all along? The janitor failed to report. The under-graduate failed to report. The "superiors" failed to report. It was all a sick cover-up. At this point, the entire staff should be fired. And most have. But it is still not enough. Penn State better start a fund to help these boys that they have allowed to be taken advantage of at the least, if the university can even recover from this ordeal. Sandusky is currently out on bail, and probably will be shot by an outraged person before the trial is over anyways. I can't even talk more about this right now, I'm so upset. I'll do a follow up.
Sincerely Sydney
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