tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post4427248642284867656..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Penn State Scandal: It Gets WorseSkeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-18954729243958433762011-11-19T15:43:50.289-05:002011-11-19T15:43:50.289-05:00Michael
I believe in innocent until proven guilty...Michael<br /><br />I believe in innocent until proven guilty too. However, there are so many allegations, most of which are quite believable and from credible sources, that it is highly unlikely that Sandusky is innocent. There are other such cases. <br /><br />Did you for one minute believe that Conrad Murray was not guilty of killing Michael Jackson? What about the two thugs who killed that MD's wife and two daughters in the Connecticut home invasion? <br /><br />Please point out the "distorted and self-serving" aspects of the Sandusky case. I can't think of any. Have you read the grand jury report of the Sandusky case?<br /><br />Face it. The people in charge at Penn State tried to cover this all up and were successful for years. Now they're going to have to pay the price. I have no sympathy for any of them, particularly Paterno.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-79845015250614380112011-11-19T10:59:29.272-05:002011-11-19T10:59:29.272-05:00@SS, while I enjoy your blog, the gap between us o...@SS, while I enjoy your blog, the gap between us on the Penn State issue is widening. Neither of us know the facts, yet in your comment above you have already decided that Sandusky is guilty, as has much of the media. While he be ultimately found guilty at trial, or confess, he is entitled to a presumption on innocence just like the rest of us are. Don't you agree with this? When we are sued for medical malpractice and we are innocent, it would be an easy task to make us sound guilty (as plaintiff attorneys do) before the facts are aired and when one sided presents distorted and self-serving aspects of the case.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-24263253100184277382011-11-18T08:55:05.074-05:002011-11-18T08:55:05.074-05:00Michael
Paterno's inaction allowed this preda...Michael<br /><br />Paterno's inaction allowed this predator to continue to molest kids for a minimum of 7 more years. I don't care that Paterno committed no crime in the legal sense. What he did was morally wrong. Would you have done nothing in a similar situation? Sandusky had access to the PSU football facilities right up until now. He was even still recruiting for Paterno. Every day more dirt is uncovered. How in the world could Paterno have continued to coach? Protests would have been massive. He should have retired years ago. Now he's paying the price of hubris.<br /><br />PS: I don't give a damn about his legacy, which by the way, is now that of a pedophile enabler.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-88503648486930581752011-11-17T23:35:32.897-05:002011-11-17T23:35:32.897-05:00@SS, no I've never been in Happy Valley. Resp...@SS, no I've never been in Happy Valley. Respecfully, we disagree here. I think Paterno was treated too harshly for political reasons. He committed no crime and did report what he was told the next day to his supervisors, not exactly a cover up. Keep in mind that we do not yet know the true facts of what occurred. We know what the media has massaged and delivered to us, which I do not accept is a full airing of the facts. I am not a shill for Paterno. I don't watch or follow professional or college athletics, which is heretical for someone who lives in Ohio. I just feel that Paterno has been piled on beyond what his inaction in 2002 in the context of decades of good work for tens of thousands of athletes and others should have warranted. Finally, the coach himself has admitted publicly that he should have done more. I think Penn State should have provided a different path for the coach to follow. They should have wielded a scalpel - your tool - and not an axe.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-64739776733685535152011-11-13T22:11:38.736-05:002011-11-13T22:11:38.736-05:00@Michael
You must be a Penn State alum. I'm s...@Michael<br /><br />You must be a Penn State alum. I'm sorry, but your defense of Joe's (in)actions comes up short. He committed no crime in the legal sense, but morally, he failed. He and the others tried to brush it under the rug. Like most cover-ups, it only made matters much worse.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-60571570579718571402011-11-13T15:04:56.506-05:002011-11-13T15:04:56.506-05:00SS, I have a different view. http://bit.ly/v3i39...SS, I have a different view. http://bit.ly/v3i39OMichael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-55713928373054309072011-11-11T19:38:03.141-05:002011-11-11T19:38:03.141-05:00@maureen
I agree.@maureen<br /><br />I agree.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-78766255590518190702011-11-10T19:14:43.825-05:002011-11-10T19:14:43.825-05:00I find it unbelievable to see a c
"celebrity&...I find it unbelievable to see a c<br />"celebrity" lament how the "legend" had a tragic end. The only tragedy was these boys. As I said earlier, where did "good" go.maureen helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07267615363493148349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-19452470660777913892011-11-10T16:02:10.628-05:002011-11-10T16:02:10.628-05:00@SCRN Yes. There's apparently a lot more to th...@SCRN Yes. There's apparently a lot more to the story.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-41731193930068226962011-11-10T15:52:27.043-05:002011-11-10T15:52:27.043-05:00... And now it's got really sick. Seems we are...... And now it's got really sick. Seems we are waiting on information to solidify rumors that those boys were pimped to the hightest bidding University donors.<br /><br />-SCRNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com