Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

I was a bit harsh earlier, though it's really hard not to be at these times.

Maybe for you. For me it is essential that I'm able to retain some sense of identity without a wholesale invalidation of my existence.

Am I Penn State? No. But as an individual I sure as hell have nothing to be ashamed about. I am NOT defending the actions of culpable parties in this tragedy, but I WILL defend my clear conscience in this matter to my dying breath. The reparations we are making as a community, therefore, need to be individually driven and NOT rule-governed.