There were three big stories this week: the sex abuse scandal at Penn State, Mississippi voters' rejection of the so-called personhood amendment, and "the, uh, what's the third one there? Let's see... sorry. Oops." Wait, I just remembered the third one: Rick Perry's epic debate brain freeze! Over in Hollywood, the Academy Awards had more drama than a Best Picture winner, with show producer Brett Ratner self-immolating then resigning, first-time host Eddie Murphy following Ratner out the door, and Billy Crystal riding to the rescue. But it was Penn State -- with its unconscionable cover-up, legendary coach Joe Paterno's rapid fall from grace, and the deeply misguided student protests -- that held the spotlight. It was a harsh but vital reminder that our moral obligation to do the right thing goes well beyond our obligation to follow the letter of the law.
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+1 for Governor Perry.
As usual both sides are making this a bigger deal than it really is.
Example: Why invite Linda Kinney Baden onto Huffpost? She showed her questionable ethical boundaries by quitting the defense team of Casey Anthony in order to be an HLN commentator about the trial, which she freely discussed on the air.
This is how it starts--first it's one ethic then another boundary and pretty soon right and wrong start looking pretty similar when a decision has to be made.
If we are going have soul searching, then it needs to begin in our professional actions along the way.
It was 28-year-old Mike McQueary walking away after witnessing the 58-year-old former coach raping a 10-year-old boy in the Penn State football shower room.
Imagine what lesson was emblazoned on the boy that day.
When McQueary walked away, he made it clear to the boy who saw him that he was unworthy of the former quarterback’s protection, that he was invisible and forgettable. When Penn State students rioted and pushed over a TV van because they were upset their beloved hero was ousted, the message was clear: “We don’t care about the suffering of children when stacked up against our scared football habit.’’
One child, eight children, a hundred children, it doesn’t matter, the game goes on.
The boy, now 19, was sent a powerful message, then and now – that his suffering doesn’t matter, that powerful men get away with crimes, that nothing is more important than money and football.
In the end, the boy is left alone. He has no option but to get up each morning, go to school and probably continue to deal with Sandusky preying on him. And maybe, the boy thought, it was all his fault. Maybe he should have called out, cried “help!” Maybe then the big man with red hair would have done something.
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"Hoof in mouth disease"
12:59pm
NYC
As we all know, there are bigger stories but they are being covered up.