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There are two investigations being talked about here. One is under the auspices of the Postal Service, and the other the FBI.

I don't think the source in this CBS story is speaking on behalf of both.

 

where do you think this is heading, champ?
but i guess we already should figure you don't give a shit, cause in your book, child rape is nothing more than just another NCAA violation at the collegiate level.

 

I think the Feds automatically get involved under the auspices of interstate commerce. There was a mayor in CT a few years back who was charged and tried in federal court for abusing two girls. His defense tried to get the trial
Moved to state court, but since the mayor used a cellphone, Feds got jurisdiction.

 

There is absolutely no reason to think that it's heading toward university officials being involved in a child sex ring. What you're saying is 100 percent speculation and conjecture.

And there's a major difference between taking issue with the investigation/resulting "punishment" and, as you put it, finding child rape to be nothing more than "just another NCAA violation."

Questioning the investigation and punishment, even defending PSU, does not equal defending child rape. When are you going to start thinking about this like an adult? Things are never as black and white as you want them to be. There is nuance and complication to this, as there is in most things in life. It's not as simple as "Penn State is evil. Everything that ever was or will be affiliated with it is evil. Anyone questioning any part of this is therefore defending pedophilia."

 

covering up child rape is fucking evil, champ. no two ways about it. yet somehow, you qualify that evil. in my book, you are an odd, odd fucking cat.

and yes, at this point, there is reason to believe that there could be college officials who could be associated with a child porn ring and/or more. what are you a fucking journalist or a lawyer ... oh, that's right, you're a pathetic fanboi.

 

TP, I think you may be a little hard. I don't think they are questioning what happened.I don't think they are condoning child rape. I think they are questioning the actions of the NCAA

 

At this late date, after what's been sworn to in court, I'm not sure what the correct ratio of message board 'nuance' to message board 'conjecture' should be.

 

I'm done with this. It's sad that some of you may be working in journalism. You've chosen your opinions and refuse to allow for the slightest bit of complexity to the situation. And the worst part is that most of you have clearly done very little research (like reading the Freeh report, police reports, testimony) to develop those opinions.

You're like children. So much so that that I can't even take the other side without being ridiculed. Enjoy your comfy little world where things are simple and easy. I'm out.

 

This really has degenerated, which is disappointing but not surprising. Suppose the NCAA had ruled that henceforth all Penn State athletes must have a scarlet P tattooed on their foreheads. Further suppose that, against all logic and human decency, someone (we'll call him/her Poster X) questioned the appropriateness of that facet of the NCAA's penalties. I shouldn't be surprised that Poster X would be labeled by some here as being in support of child rape.

 

have fun storming the castle.

 

and that's pure bullshit. suppose the ncaa ruled henceforth all penn state athletes be lined up and shot. oh, that's right ... that's a bullshit analogy, too, isn't it?

and to equate PSU to UCF or any other school and the penalties that were handed down or are being handed down is a chickenshit approach. young adults weren't given cars or hookers or grades at penn state. children were raped and those rapes were swept under the rug and/or covered up.

the bottom line is this: UCF is like the employee who took home office supplies when compared to psu. penn state is like the employee who embezzled millions of dollars. do you really think the company is going to treat the two employees in the same manner? to suggest differently is ridiculous ... oh, and you still have that whole fucking up countless children's lives thing. how about having a little respect for them and the role psu played? funk lessing that roll is bullshit and trivializes child rape.

you're going to defend trivializing child rape? have right at it, champ.

 

Before I respond any further, I need to make sure that I fully understand your position, TP. It reads, to me, as: To question anything done by the NCAA in response to the Penn State situation is to trivialize child rape. Do I have that correct?