"I suspect history will be revealing this."

Finger-lickin' good y'all

I'm not trying to say that we should do away with moral judgments, but that when we do make such judgments, we should consider these failings as well. Maybe the best analogy would be that yes, one is guilty of such a moral crime, but the sentencing/punishment is different.

Thanks for the well-written response. True, they're not the same, but I felt that they still provided a lesson in learning to let the process take place. There is a lot of evidence against Sandusky, but my understanding is that the sole tie to Paterno in the events was the one meeting with McQueary, an event that…

There's no doubt that there is a difference between the two, but there's a reason why the law rarely exceeds society's moral standard. We aspire to reach the moral standard, but we often fall short. And often it is for various psychological reasons that we fail to reach those standards, and not necessarily because…

"Anything that isn't made of sugar will do, basically. Heed these rules, or else taste the fucking thunder."

"regardless of legal obligation, is the scandal. The fact that it was probably also a crime."

I've shut my mouth whenever these articles come up, but I'll say that this gets at a good portion of what's wrong with the approach that has been taken.

People did give a shit with other presidents. Here's an interesting column that mentions that Mayor Daley was pissed that Ozzie didn't accept the invitation to see President Bush. [www.freerepublic.com]

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Ha!

YOUR METAPHORS ARE WEAK, DR. MANTIS

I wouldn't belittle her award-winning* work in Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease.

My Evidence class was also the most boring, mind-numbing experience of my academic career, and I've taken some fairly tedious classes. Learned jack, though I was able to figure out a good amount during bar exam prep.

200K, graduated last May. And that's after paying a significant amount already.

You actually learned all the hearsay exceptions?

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If only we listened to the advice of Indeep, and had a DJ on the scene!

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REMATCH REVENGE ARGH! Life was much better when I was unemployed and getting my ass drunk at Mardi Gras.