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and this is the statement that makes you look like a loon.......

Go to the Mike McQueary testimony - He stated he told Paterno what he saw in the shower - "but out of respect did not use the term Anal Sex but was clear it was sexual"

The quote is from MM's testimony

Here is the quote from Joe Paterno's Testimony (google it Suzy)

"Well I do not know what you would call it. Obviously he was doing something with the youngster. IT WAS A SEXUAL NATURE. I'm not sure what it was. I didn't push Mike to describe what it exactly was because he was very upset. Obviously I was in a little bit of a dilemma since Mr. Sandusky is not working for me anymore. So I told - I did not go any further than that I knew Mike was upset and I knew some kind of inappropriate action being taken by Jerry Sandusky and a youngster"

C'mon Suzy - Spin that

Sexual nature=rape?

MM NEVER told Joe that he saw Sandusky raping a boy in the shower, he NEVER did. No matter how many articles you post and how many people you said told you in State College, it will never be true.

It's just verification of what I posted, brother.

I blocked leppy but saw this quoted by jive and had to respond so everybody can realize hoe full of S*** leppy is.

I am from saratoga springs NY, if I went to SUNY whatever the most i would be paying is 21k a year, PSU costs me just over 40k a year... Leppy is FOS makes stuff up and lets his hatred of PSU blind him

Dutchess County - East Fishkill.
Used to live in Westchester

For those of you asking "what would joe do if it was his grandkids?" I point you to sue paternos interview with Katy couric, they let their grandkids be alone with Sandusky, who would do that if they thought he was was a pedophile?

Really??

To answer my own question....

He really only has 2 answers, both of which make him look bad.

1 -"I don't know what he would have done". This may seem like the best answer, but if he answers it this way he is acknowledging that Joe could have done more at that point but he failed

2 - "He would have ripped his head off" - obviously we see how bad that answer would be

Using the word "could" in "could have done more" is pointless. Everyone in the country "could" have done more...the question is if you know you need to do something. So it always comes down to what Joe knew or didn't know.

The question, IMO, isn't very relevant, because it assumes Joe knew that Sandusky was doing completely wrong things, but the only reason he didn't do anything is because he didn't care enough. Those assumptions are pretty much what we've been arguing for most of this thread.

There are a lot more answers than just the two that tbdbitl gave.

Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Kind of hard to make the assumption either way without more evidence.

Again... obfuscation....Your question may be more important... I'm not making an arguement for or against that. I'm not placing vaule on either question... you are placing value.

But that's still not answering the simple question. I would love to hear a paterno family member answer that question.

Addressing the assumptions: assuming Joe didn't know that the child was being abused, my guess is he probably would have either 1) talked to Sandusky about it, or 2) told the parents about the situation and let them deal with it as they see fit.

Just because you claim it's a simple question does not mean it is. Family has certain responsibilities for their own children that go beyond simply protecting them from abuse.

As an example, if you see a child you don't know screaming in the park, would you take care of it yourself or would you let the parents take care of it? Now let's change the situation to it being your own child? It's a situation that is perfectly innocent, but the fact that it's your own child (or grandchild) means you're handling it differently.

So just because Joe might have handled it differently if it was his own grandchild does not mean he knew something terribly wrong was happening. And that's without even going into the fact that Joe had no idea who the child was and had no real way of finding out, unless he wanted to play private investigator.

Again, I respect your opinion... but I don't think it is even close to a BS question I have heard that question asked 1000x from a random dude like me to high profile journalists.

I understand that specfic behaviour may vary from person to person. But that is again obfuscating the heart of the question.

The problem with this question is that the only answer...a TRUE answer...can only make paterno look bad.