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Originally Posted by ballengerb1

His assistant was and technically the one who broke the law. What is being about his failure to report??

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Hello ballenger:

As citizens we have an obligation to obey the law. As HUMANS we have an obligation to protect our children.. Paterno MAY have followed one set of directives, but he was woefully inadequate in the other.

excon

Yes, the grad student/assistant (the redhead) was ethically and morally obliged to report what he had witnessed, but his failure to do so obliged whoever he told.

And why isn't Paterno now feeling ethically and morally obliged to stop any rioting by students? He's failing again as an educator.

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Originally Posted by ScottGem

I've just done a little more research on this. I'm having a hard time faulting McQueary. At the time he witnessed the incident he was a young grad assistant. ...................... I'm not sure what I would have done in the same circumstance, are you?

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McQueary was NOT a YOUNG grad assistant. He was a 28-year-old MAN at the time!

You're not sure what you would have done? That's very telling about you. Any MAN would have known instinctively what to do.