Student body president addressing students now. "We are the ones that must restore glory to Penn State." And many many more repetitions of the "We are!" "Penn State!" cheer.
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
Xander ,'Him'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2011 8:11:42 am PST #5830 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2011 8:23:39 am PST #5831 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"We are the ones that must restore glory to Penn State."
What does that mean? Is that supporting the student protest and riots?
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2011 8:24:30 am PST #5832 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Among the things I know how to do are a) call 911 on behalf of a stranger and b) hit people. I don't know what I'd do on the spot, but I'd like to think rape is more of consent to get punched in the face than signing a krav contract. I just...I'd hate to imagine living being that person. Like any of them.
DavidS - Nov 10, 2011 8:24:48 am PST #5833 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They should put off "glory" until they've mastered the basics of "right and wrong."
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2011 8:27:03 am PST #5834 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What does that mean? Is that supporting the student protest and riots?
No, it's saying to quit rioting and act respectable, because somebody on this campus ought to.
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2011 8:27:12 am PST #5835 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Great tagline, Hec. Love that Soft Boys song.
(The Soft Boys was Robyn Hitchcock's band in the late '70s/early '80s.)
erikaj - Nov 10, 2011 8:30:50 am PST #5836 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
We haven't really been following the story, comparatively. (And I don't really know who Paterno is, so it's weird to me watching grown-ass people act like they found out there's no Football Santa Claus.) My mother wondered why the graduate student didn't "kick the assistant's ass", much less fail to call the law. I mean, it's one thing to have That Employee(my mom has one at her job right now, and it's NFG) whom you sort of think might be...untoward in those kinds of ways, it's another to witness things.
DavidS - Nov 10, 2011 8:31:21 am PST #5837 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Great tagline, Hec. Love that Soft Boys song.
I was also tempted by the "jewel encrusted hand" line. You get so many great images with Robyn.
DavidS - Nov 10, 2011 8:33:07 am PST #5838 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My mother wondered why the graduate student didn't "kick the assistant's ass", much less fail to call the law. I mean, it's one thing to have That Employee(my mom has one at her job right now, and it's NFG) whom you sort of think might be...untoward in those kinds of ways, it's another to witness things.
It's such a weirdly entrenched and hierarchical culture that it would be like a deacon turning in a bishop, or a private blowing the whistle on a colonel.
ChiKat - Nov 10, 2011 8:37:59 am PST #5839 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I want to live in a world where you don't have to be "state mandated" to report an adult raping a child to the police. Where every adult feels the same responsibility to protect kids, or anyone being abused.
I agree with this. I brought it up because I'm trying to see where those involved were legally at fault as opposed to ethically/morally/humanly at fault (which they totally were). People are calling for Paterno and others to be arrested and I'm trying to understand if there is a legal leg to stand on there.
I have a friend (a teacher) who had a coworker that she suspected having sexual relationship with students. For years she tried to get evidence but never could. She finally did (by walking in in him with 2 different students at 2 different points in the SAME DAY). She reported him. He's been arrested and charged (awaiting trial). She gets accosted at the grocery store by his supporters wanting to know why she "did this to him." It's turned in to this huge ugly mess where he says he's innocent and she did this to get his job.