IzzyBlanche
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I guess the JoePa supporters/fans/family have won a round. According to ESPN the statue stays! PSU doesn't want to upset or offend JoePa's fans. Seriously. I get not wanting to remove it completely... despite the vile disgusting nature of what he did(and didn't do!!!!) Joe Paterno did good things(a lot of good things) but that statue needs to be moved somewhere else at the very least. I find it incredibly offensive that his fans/supporters get more consideration than the victims. Even to this day. For me, it shows Penn State isn't even close to taking full responsibility. They still cowtow to Paterno. That football program needs to be shutdown.
Ugh.
From link below:
But, sources close to the board of trustees tell ESPN that, for now, there are no plans to remove the statue.
“You can’t let people stampede you into making a rash decision,” a trustee told ESPN. “The statue represents the good that Joe did. It doesn’t represent the bad that he did.”
http://otrsportsonline.com/2012/07/15/penn-state-to-let-paterno-statue-stay-are-you-serious/
Oh, okay. Excellent logic.
That's why there are all those statues of Mussolini still standing around Italy. Because they represent all the good he did, making the trains run on time.