In fact, the man is not a good anything execpt a good liar. He is a psychopathic liar who delights in manipulating people, one of the best con-men I have ever met. I never suspected in the 20 years I knew him. Even after it was clear he did do horrible things with horrible consequences there was a part of me who did not want to believe it.

BTW, in case you don’t know, the Freh report released this morning detailed a conscious, planned cover-up of Sandusky’s crimes by Paterno, and others in the Penn State administration including the then President of the University starting in 1998. They were not horrified by the crimes. They chose to ignore them ‘for the greater good’ of the university and the football program–kids be damned, humanity be damned.

The question should not be, why Sandusky is guilty, but why there is so much denial about this type of crime?

Nathan, pure sanctimonious poppycock. Rape is never primarily about “power” or “domination.” First and foremost it’s always about male pleasure. Dominance and power derive from it. Rapists and molesters would still abuse weaker individuals even if there was no dominance involved.

Don’t believe me? Ask any cop why rapists like to penetrate old women.

Actually no. It was quite acceptable for adult homosexuals to rape teenage boys in ancient times. They just didn’t call it rape. That was one point of the article.

Another article worth reading: Judaism’s Sexual Revolution: Why Judaism (and then Christianity) Rejected Homosexuality.

To a man, the male sports reporters I have heard have sought nor offered anything to lessen the impact of the horror of what Sanduscky and those who covered up his actions have done. The were incensed with a truly righteous anger at Sandusky’s violation of trust, morality and manhood.

The almost lost understanding that men are to protect those who are vulnerable and lead with vision and courage came to the fore in a way that was completely lost once it got into the ‘news’ departments.

In fact, the reporting by the sports reporters has been the best reporting on the issue of sexual abuse I’ve seen. There was no “oh Sandusky’s a victim too” no excusing his action at all for any reason. No excusing the actions of those who covered up, not even Paterno whom many of these same people had almost venerated for years.