I hope Joe Paterno apologized for his role in the coverup before he died

[radicalliberal]

62. "I think JoePa was someone who ...

... if a person he was close to said 'I won't do that anymore' that JoePa would want to give that person the benefit of the doubt."

Who would believe an admitted pedophile's claim that he wouldn't do "that" anymore? Are pedophiles known to be trustworthy in that regard? If some guy confessed to raping a young woman and claimed he woudn't do it anymore, would you ("you" meaning anyone who reads this question) give him the benefit of the doubt; or would you report him to the police? Does giving the rapist a second chance take priority over seeing that justice is done, not to mention protecting would-be victims? Any rapist should be reported to the police, period. End of story. I've personally known victims of pedophilia (including incest) whose lives as adults were ruined.

Incidentally, I wonder what the reaction would have been if the victim (instead of a number of victims) had been a local high school girl or a coed and the perp (instead of being a coach) had been a player (or, in the case of gang rape, several players). I expect the reaction would have been "She's lying; she's just a golddigger" or "She was asking for it." The extent of outrage would probably be considerably less.