Penn State Rapes Should Remind Us

The Public Exposure of the Rapes at Penn State should remind of us of three things:

1. It is your responsibility and duty to teach your children to defy authority and use violence to protect themselves in these situations.

2. It is your responsibility and duty to report any rape, or abuse to the police, even if the attack occurs while you are at work, even if it is a football coach. Telling your boss does not absolve you of responsibility. In fact, I believe people tell their bosses before calling the police because they are trying to pawn off the responsibility to someone else.

3. It is your responsibility and duty to stop an attack in progress. Call the police, shout, throw things, take video, attack. I say this is a 5'4" woman. It is what you would ask of anyone who say you or your children attacked. It is what you should ask of yourself.

It is nearly impossible to convict someone of rape without physical evidence and without witnesses. It is even harder to get a conviction on child rape. There were at least 6 people who knew what was going on and chose not to call the police. A janitor, a janitor supervisor, a graduate assistant, a head coach, an athletic director, a vice president, and possibly a school president had all witnessed or received reports of the abuse.

All of these people deserve to be spat on, and publicly shamed. These are good people who abandoned their morality because they were at work or because they were just plain spineless cowards.

Shame on them. Shame on you if you don't report a rape you see. Shame on you for not stopping a rape in progress. Shame on these people for turning the back on the people who were raped and they knew about it. 

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