That and molesting young boys does jive with zero population growth.
Word has it McQueary saw Sandusky and victim #2 shaking hands in the shower. Hence, the rhythmic slapping sounds.
Shake on it?
Does it…hand jive?
If you were following the case as closely as this thread, you would be aware that JP was very much alive and actively coaching the team at the time the other two were charged, and the prosecutors explicitly said that his behaviour complied with the letter of the law. (They did condemn him for moral failings.) So your assertion is apparently incorrect.
More generally, ISTM in light of the above that consistent speculation that JP did not meet his legal requirements has a high hurdle to clear, in that the judgment of those more qualified to make it - and who were obviously not enamored of him and his role in this affair - was otherwise.
While it’s true he reported it, per email, if he influenced others not to report, it’s possible the prosecution would go after him for that (not sure what he would be charged with in that case).
Joe Paterno died in January, 2012. The Freeh report, which contained damning evidence of Paterno’s involvement, was not released until July, 2012. In case math isn’t your strong suit, suffice it to say that the evidence against Paterno was brought to light AFTER his death.
[Paterno received particular scorn in the report, which alleges that he actively discouraged Penn State officials from reporting Sandusky to law enforcement.](Paterno received particular scorn in the report, which alleges that he actively discouraged Penn State officials from reporting Sandusky to law enforcement.
And for the record, the Freeh report was not some sensationalized tabloid report whose purpose was to sell papers. Penn State’s Board of Trusties hired the Freeh Group to investigate. And lest you think there was some conflict of interest and the Board was trying to scape goat JP, I’ll remind you that the Freeh report was damning to the Board as well. The Freeh Group’s overall findings blasted the board because it “did not perform its oversight duties.” And Graham Spanier may still be charged, though imo he is far less culpable than your beloved JoePa.
And FTR, I don’t give a flying fucktube if Spanier, Curley or Shultz are convicted of anything. The only one I want to see locked up for life is Jerry Sandusky since that is the only thing that will keep him from raping more children. He is a sick man who needs to be removed from society.
But the horrific tragedy in all of this is that so many young boys were failed by every adult around them. So the fact that Joe Paterno et al will forever be remembered as moral scumbags is a small price to pay compared to the burden that will be carried by all of the victims for the rest of their lives.
That may be how they will be remembered by knee-jerk loons who don’t care about the truth or people who were never exposed to it in the first place, but there are those of us who know better and we know those people are wrong.
The feeling of smug superiority this creates is unbecoming, so we try to fight it.
Well, some of us do, anyway…
As opposed to those who have their priorities straight, and care about winning football games.
The rest take Thorazine.
Homey don’t play dat!
You know what? I think I’m gonna reverse myself here.
Yep, it’s true. I looked at the vote count to see which story seemed most credible, and the greatest favorable ratio by far determines that…
“homes” is indeed the correct usage!
Of course I said that to begin with, so it’s not really a reversal. More like a reversal of a reversal, which takes us right back to where we usually are, i.e., me being right.
I should have known better. 
What’s this about a boxer and a detective?
6th definition in Urban Dictionary for “holmes”:
This definition pulled more “Thumbs down” votes than “Thumbs up” votes, which I failed to notice when I first came upon this definition.
Detective refers to Sherlock. Surprised you don’t know that, Auto.
FWIW, Hispanic kid at my nearby grocery mos def calls me “homes.”
Derp-a-derp. If I had given more thought than the split second it took me to type that post, I would have realized that.
So, OK, I just checked the ratio count. There is
Homes 585 up, 155 down
a term used to describe a friend or person you know.
For a ratio of 3.77 ups to downs.
and
Holmes 1301 up, 249 down
Gangster slang. What you would call a good friend, a stranger, or even mockery against an adversary.
With a ratio of 5.22.
So, seeing as 5.22 > 3.77, how can you possibly say that ‘Homes’ is correct, whatever your Tijuana homeboys say notwithstanding.
Or maybe the respective top vote-getters were not excerpts you found credible?
Ya know, you would think that a thread essentially titled “I pit pedophiles and the people who cover up for their asses” wouldn’t need 5,500+ posts to get the point across, homies.
9/11 has the Truthers, Penn State & JoePa have the Tubers.
You were specifically talking about “lying to the grand jury and failure to report child abuse”. The Freeh Report didn’t change anything WRT whether JP met his requirement for reporting child abuse. And your cite notes the difficulty of proving perjury charges against someone in JP’s situation.
I don’t know why you should think so. GS seems a lot more culpable than JP.
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[li]Unlike JP, he seems to have taken no action at all.[/li][li]The evidence against him is based on his own emails versus inferences from the emails of others.[/li][li]As president of PSU and the guy the others ultimately reported to, he had ultimate responsibility.[/li][/ol]
You make an excellent point. It would certainly be very difficult for the DA to charge and cross examine a defendant who is dead. I suppose you and SA can celebrate this as JoePa WINNING!!!
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I don’t know why you should think so. GS seems a lot more culpable than JP.
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[li]Unlike JP, he seems to have taken no action at all.[/li][li]The evidence against him is based on his own emails versus inferences from the emails of others.[/li][li]As president of PSU and the guy the others ultimately reported to, he had ultimate responsibility.[/li][/ol]
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It can be argued that both Paterno and Spanier are equally culpable. On paper, the buck should stop with Spanier, but I think you underestimate Paterno’s power at Penn State.
Paterno absolutely had the clout to take a tough line regarding the Sandusky issue. But he chose not to. Moreover, if a janitor feared for his job if he reported an incident of child abuse, that doesn’t say a whole lot about the culture Paterno created around his football program.
But I’m willing to concede that both of them are responsible for allowing Jerry to rape more kids.
And again, I don’t care whether any or all of the coconspirators are charged or convicted. The fact that they have been exposed as the immoral liars that they are is sufficient for me.