FWIW on JoPa -- an observation

[VaBeachOrFan]

Saw today's ESPN's account of Joe Paterno's family discovering that he had just been diagnosed with (treatable) lung cancer. Joe's son said Joe brushed it off and essentially told his family to keep on with their lives, adding that Joe tends to minimize things like that. That characteristic, which may be a virtue in handling his cancer diagnosis, could well be what brought him down in the Sandusky instance -- minimizing the seriousness of reported molestation as "horseplay" or some such.

Point is, even our most virtuous traits have the potential to be our undoing in different circumstances, which points to the need for friends and advisors around us to provide us with perspective. A good devil's advocate can be an angel in times of turmoil. We admire people who believe in themselves, but if they think they are right 100% of the time, then there's a cliff out there with their name on it...ask Tiger Woods, for example.--VBOF

 

[ImperialOrange]

So Jerry Sandusky is a cancer... sounds about right.

I see what you're saying but it's one thing to downplay something personally to be strong for the family and the good of those involved becuase you don't want someone to worry. It's entirely different to minimize something someone else did which had no positive outcome in doing so.