Thinking about the Penn State child rape case:

[MineralMan]

What I don't understand, among other things, is why the witness to this Sandusky animal raping a young boy did not physically end the situation immediately on witnessing it. The witness was an athlete himself, and should have been able to put an end to the rape and inflict some serious damage on the rapist, perhaps to the extent of rendering him unconscious long enough to be tied up for the police, whom I would have called at once after beating the crap of the rapist and making sure that the victim was separated from the scene.

That's what I don't understand about this whole thing. What was that graduate student thinking? Was it an excess of "team loyalty" that prevented him from doing what anyone would do under the same circumstances? If so, then I condemn a culture that would enable such a thing. I've never been a big fan of team sports, in large part for that very reason. It seems as though we hear stories like this at all levels of athletics. Perhaps we need to re-examine ethics a bit when it comes to athletic teams and make very certain that everyone involved understands what the "right thing to do" is in a circumstance like this.

As far as I'm concerned, everyone who knew about this from the day it happened until today should be summarily dismissed and prosecuted, if possible. Everyone.