tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8100844813302494494..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: End of the Story?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16789717682974365602012-06-26T09:10:18.217-04:002012-06-26T09:10:18.217-04:00Frod & Froad: Look, MA's point was not tha...Frod & Froad: Look, MA's point was not that boys are monsters. Most of 'em aren't; the problem (point 1) is that the monsters look like everyone else. But...<br /><br />Point 2 was that even the non-monster boys are <em>highly</em> interested in getting a girl's pants off, and willing to apply pressure to do so. They might be too well-trained for the pressure to be brute forceintrovert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79694661369662814542012-06-25T08:39:42.316-04:002012-06-25T08:39:42.316-04:00Excuse me, but when I was a teenage boy, raging ho...Excuse me, but when I was a teenage boy, raging hormones and all, I never did anything criminally depraved of the kind that Jerry Sandusky did. My parents did a fine job of teaching me empathy for other people, and that I was responsible for my actions.<br /><br />Because of this, they never had to tell me not to do anything they would deem "unspeakable." But then, that's part of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11548711425028050872012-06-25T06:58:26.531-04:002012-06-25T06:58:26.531-04:00I agree 100%, A.G. Football is not the root of all...I agree 100%, A.G. Football is not the root of all evil, but at the D-1 level it runs a close second to basketball.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47997850876338972852012-06-25T06:57:24.765-04:002012-06-25T06:57:24.765-04:00Froad, you've obviously never been a teenaged ...Froad, you've obviously never been a teenaged boy. We may be interested in other things, but our intentions are seldom honorable at that age. Raging hormones and all that.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53478847382698044702012-06-25T05:33:05.974-04:002012-06-25T05:33:05.974-04:00@ F & T:
Regarding (2) above:
-Not single-mind...@ F & T:<br />Regarding (2) above:<br />-Not single-minded interest...just primary interest. There's a difference, but most men are happy to pass through the friend zone quickly if given the opportunity.<br /><br />As for the rest of that, I could have said it better. It was meant to be a tounge in cheek comment that indicated her own father was only interested in respectful and miserable adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607025328823563088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80788719397543275472012-06-25T05:27:27.369-04:002012-06-25T05:27:27.369-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.miserable adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607025328823563088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14560898188415277802012-06-24T17:54:07.011-04:002012-06-24T17:54:07.011-04:00The taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for...The taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for the lawsuits that are going to follow Sandusky's conviction; that money should come directly from Penn State's athletic budget - particularly the football budget. If Penn State doesn't have a football team for a few years because of that . . . oh, well.Anthro Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612319119404274650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15706608174664189112012-06-24T08:28:59.205-04:002012-06-24T08:28:59.205-04:00Um, yeah, well, MA, dads are not exactly exempt fr...Um, yeah, well, MA, dads are not exactly exempt from the possibility of untoward contact. I'm not sure that casting all young men as single-mindedly interested in taking advantage of your daughter is a fair way to introduce her to her own sexuality, either. And I say that as a lesbian and a feminist. #1 and #3 seem more on target to me.<br /><br />As for Sandusky, good riddance, but that Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56695413434703412152012-06-24T06:25:58.138-04:002012-06-24T06:25:58.138-04:00Hardly the end of of the story. There are apparent...Hardly the end of of the story. There are apparently two generations of victims who will need cubic shitloads of therapy to every approach normalcy (desired) or at least break the cycle (required).<br /><br />Pennsylvania taxpayers will be paying many many millions more in lawyer fees and civil suits, and that money will have to come from other places it might other be spend (whether the uni miserable adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607025328823563088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4853748686292486592012-06-23T15:17:06.620-04:002012-06-23T15:17:06.620-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Laurel Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060309742076121087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48544460183749121762012-06-23T14:20:54.222-04:002012-06-23T14:20:54.222-04:00It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. This guy bu...It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. This guy built an entire charity empire around finding young black boys he could groom for rape.<br /><br />Burn in hell, motherfucker.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23756913947626812492012-06-23T14:14:22.902-04:002012-06-23T14:14:22.902-04:00It's a cycle: The abused tend to become abuser...It's a cycle: The abused tend to become abusers. <br /><br />Working on breaking the cycle by openly talking about the issue and counseling kids who are abused is clearly a start.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37724190083759294872012-06-23T12:45:46.093-04:002012-06-23T12:45:46.093-04:00The Berlin Wall came down and the Cold War ended w...The Berlin Wall came down and the Cold War ended without a nuclear exchange, so one might hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13058833496952595402012-06-23T12:45:16.366-04:002012-06-23T12:45:16.366-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13910746511458892372012-06-23T10:13:40.525-04:002012-06-23T10:13:40.525-04:00When I was a child in the early 1960’s, I would ne...When I was a child in the early 1960’s, I would never have believed that cigarette smoking would one day fall out of favor. <br /><br />Is it possible that the safety issues surrounding football will one day make it fall out of favor, too? Will the day ever come when football coaches aren’t worshipped?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61863619153427595912012-06-23T08:40:49.299-04:002012-06-23T08:40:49.299-04:00Look at his fucking face. Remember when Marge cau...Look at his fucking face. Remember when Marge caught Homer with the gun and he said "Marge, you gotta believe me: I never thought you'd find out."? He doesn't care about what he did; he just can't believe he was caught.Wombat of the Copierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847183793780076028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69371083579519187912012-06-23T08:37:50.494-04:002012-06-23T08:37:50.494-04:00It's not over until he gets offed in jail. It...It's not over until he gets offed in jail. It's too bad Paterno didn't live a little longer. It would have been nice for him to be trapped in his house surrounded by reporters for a few more mile-stone moments in the case. And THEN kealed over and croaked. Can you keal <i>and</i> croak? Chemists are notoriously bad with mixed metaphors.<br /><br />They should make him a bus Wombat of the Copierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847183793780076028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6316563105650045602012-06-23T07:43:32.271-04:002012-06-23T07:43:32.271-04:00I did my undergrad at Penn State. It was a terrifi...I did my undergrad at Penn State. It was a terrific place, but big time athletics (players and coaches) get such a free pass on so many things, the possibility of abuse is always there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18482530350950571152012-06-23T07:31:08.614-04:002012-06-23T07:31:08.614-04:00If it is the end of the story, then a Happy Valley...If it is the end of the story, then a Happy Valley PR team was successful in identifying a scapegoat, and a society was successful in deluding itself.<br /><br />Tip of the iceberg.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.com