Worst of the Year

I know the Penn State issue is no longer current, but Jerry Sandusky is easily the biggest asshole of 2011. In my opinion, worthy runners-up would be Joe Paterno, Mike McQueary and anyone else at the university who was aware of Sandusky’s crimes. Like all of you, I am disgusted that abominable people exist and that innocent victims were gravely affected. But in all fairness, I do know plenty of Penn State fans and alumni who were deeply saddened and heartbroken when the corruption of their beloved Alma Mater was unveiled.

I started writing the post below when the news broke, but I decided not to finish writing it or to publish it until now. I think the subject was too sensitive and shocking at the time; we were inundated by news story after news story, victim after victim coming forward and all these clashing opinions about what is right, what is moral and what is just. But now that the media storm has calmed and I have a clearer perspective on the entire incident, I felt obligated to share the Worst of 2011, possibly the worst of the decade. And hopefully, we’ll never have to see anything like this ever again.

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