OK, a bit of a rant this morning…
Mike McQueary’s father told USA Today: “He’s a good kid and a tough kid. He did what he was supposed to do, and all of this has been very hard on him. Everything from this and about this (case) has been difficult for him, but he’s a strong person and will be OK.”
I’ve read the grand jury presentment. I’ve read what McQueary saw in the shower. I’ve read how McQueary responded, leaving without doing anything to stop what was the rape of a child.
And I want to tell McQueary this:
I don’t want you to be OK. I want you to wake every morning with that grotesque vision on your mind. I want that grotesque sight to permeate your dreams. I want you to go to bed every night with that grotesque vision. I want you to carry that grotesque vision with you every single day until you shuffle off this mortal coil.
McQueary, Schultz, Curley, Spanier and, yes, Paterno turned a blind eye to an alleged monster in their midst. They were more interested in protecting the institution than protecting children. How very Catholic.
There should be a special circle of hell reserved for them.
OK, rant over.
Mike Argento, a York native and graduate of York Suburban Area High School and Penn State, first came to the York Daily Record in 1983. He even had gray hair back then. After stints covering everything from cops to city hall to state government to the environment, he began writing a column for the paper, three times a week, in 1989. His column can be about anything and so is his blog, which encompasses life in York County and beyond. And, for the record, as he told his wife the other night, he wishes people would stop asking him, 'What's wrong with you?' He really doesn't know.
