“Jesus never says a word about homosexuality, but there was one kind of sin that he spoke out against all the time. There was one kind of sin that got Jesus really mad. This was the sin of religious people who shut out those in need of mercy. This was the sin of people who used the Bible as a weapon. You hear Jesus saying this on page after page of the gospels. Why? Because this type of sin has the potential to damage people like few other things do. It is particularly damaging because they claim to be speaking for God. So if we really want to speak out against sin, we as Christians need to speak out against the kind of sin that Jesus did, and side with the kinds of folks he did.” [source]
Little Girl Gives A Mean Pawdicure
Never let it be said that Fido didn't appreciate a good mani.
Baby Loves It When You Play Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air, cuz she’s a true playa!
I die a thousand deaths of cuteness.
Did Joe Paterno Do Anything Wrong?
Back in 2002, when a graduate assistant told Joe Paterno that he had seen something unseemly going on between then-assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and a 10-year-old boy in the locker room showers, Paterno reported the incident to his superior and to one of the vice presidents.
This is standard operating procedure in the state of Pennsylvania.
049 Pa. Code § 16.102. Suspected child abuse—mandated reporting requirements.
(b) Staff members of public or private agencies, institutions and facilities. Board regulated practitioners who are staff members of a medical or other public or private institution, school, facility or agency, and who, in the course of their employment, occupation or practice of their profession, come into contact with children shall immediately notify the person in charge of the institution, school, facility or agency or the designated agent of the person in charge when they have reasonable cause to suspect on the basis of their professional or other training or experience, that a child coming before them in their professional or official capacity is a victim of child abuse. Upon notification by the Board regulated practitioner, the person in charge or the designated agent shall assume the responsibility and have the legal obligation to report or cause a report to be made in accordance with subsections (a), (c) and (d).
Joe Paterno did what he was legally required to do. He reported the incident to his superiors, who then were supposed to report it to the authorities. Since the allegations of child abuse under a smokescreen of charitable acts using university property have only just now been made public knowledge, it’s pretty safe to say that somebody, somewhere, in this chain of command did not do their job.
Joe Paterno technically did his.
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But the problem here is that although Paterno completed his legal obligation, knowing that there was the possibility of someone abusing children on his watch, he did not follow up with the reporting of his assistant coach’s abuse. This is where it gets sticky. Legally, Joe Pa did all that he needed to do and the legal responsibility for reporting the abuse fell to his superiors. Morally? There is no reason for a grown-ass man to be in a shower with a 10-year-old. No reason. The police should have been called right away.
Paterno, in the wake of this scandal, has stated that hindsight is 20/20 and that he wishes that he had “done more.” But there were many involved here that should have also done more. Like Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, his superiors at the time (who have since surrendered on charges that they failed to alert police to complaints against Sandusky).
Should Curley and Schultz be fired? Absolutely. Should President Graham Spanier have resigned? Yes.
Should Joe Paterno have been fired?
Legally, there is no basis for firing him. Morally? Think about if this were your son who had been raped by someone who was supposed to be showing him a better life. Think about if someone, anyone, had witnessed this and reported it. And then it was swept under the rug, never to be questioned again until someone else came forward, having been abused by the same person.
Joe Paterno reported the incident, but he should have followed up. He should have made certain that this matter was settled. Though he wasn’t directly responsible for the child victims, as a responsible adult, he should have made certain that these kids were safe.
At a public institution where the football team’s motto is “Success with Honor” and where Paterno has stated in his own autobiography, ”Coaches have the same obligations as all teachers, except that we may have more moral and life-shaping influence over our players than anyone else outside of their families,” Paterno has failed to live up to his own expectations. And the expectations of every parent who has ever entrusted their children to anyone involved at Penn State. The responsibility of a teacher, of a coach, is to provide a safe environment for everyone who passes over the threshold of the institution. He failed to do that.
And if I were the parent of any of these children, I’d want him fired, too.
Dear Fuckface: Gum-Planting Assholes Edition
Dear Fuckface (for a fuckface is all you could possibly be),
Who raised you? Or more specifically, who didn’t raise you so I can have a name and a face to put to the irresponsible fool who spawned you. Whoever was responsible for bringing you into this world did society a disservice by not telling you that putting your used gum on the underside of movie theater armrests is a dick move.
I was having a really great time cuddling with my boyfriend when your assholishness came bursting through with a scent of freshly chewed Juicy Fruit. You just ruined my night, Fuckface. All I wanted to do was snuggle with my man and watch Hugh Jackman and some rock-’em sock-’em robots and your idiocy and/or laziness forced me to spend a good hour either fretting about the gum setting in before I could get home or scrubbing frantically with all sorts of solvents at 2 in the morning trying to get the gum out of my new sweater.
Fuckface, I hate you and everything you stand for. I hope someone pees in your lemonade.
With all the disdain I can muster and an electronic loogie hacked in your face,
Brittney
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