quinta-feira, 17 de novembro de 2011

Let's all feel superior

and it reads something like this:

"...
Costas: Innocent? Completely innocent and falsely accused in every aspect?
Sandsuky: Well, I could say that, you know, I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have, I have hugged them and I have touched their legs, without intent of sexual contact, but, um, so if you look at it that way, uh, there are things that, that, um, wouldn’t, uh, you know—would be accurate.

...

Brooks talks about the “bystander effect.” It is fair to ask why people who just happened to be passing by fail to insert themselves these scenes. At Penn State, though, there were too many officials who were not “bystanders” at all; they worked with Sandusky and helped enable his access to children—stood by him. They inhabited the same circle of self-congratulation. The pride that was the problem at Penn State was not that of pointing fingers. It was of keeping quiet about people whose names one knew, and not learning the names of children whose stories were disruptive. But there are no so-called children here, or anywhere; only real ones, who deserve better.
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