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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
This is about as good of an account as I've seen, and thanks for the thought that went into it. Like I said, he's not a hero. But again, I stand by my example. If you're a private witnessing a captain raping a girl, it's a little more complicated to just beat the shit out of a ranking officer. I think they'd have to think about reporting it, knowing the negative backlash that would soon follow for a guy who dared to do the right thing. Like I said, in the military, whistle blowing is a very, very, very big problem. And it's not because they're cowards. It's not because they're terrible people. It's because a system with such a power imbalance makes it very difficult for a person with no power to do much of anything without repercussion. Couple that with McQueary having a split second to make a decision in that locker room, likely in shock and stunned by what he saw. He made a bad decision in a panic.
He should have done more. But research shows that over 90% of whistleblowers, I believe, do not come forward. He told a legendary coach and powerful guy that his best friend and his ranking "officer" was a pedophile. He told the VP, the AD, the campus police. He even went on the stand and took down the University, even if that ultimately doomed his career at Penn State. It wasn't nearly enough. It could have and should have been more. I just think people are talking unrealistically when they try to dream up scenarios of how they would have acted in the same situation. Again, there is droves of psychological evidence to suggest that most people in this spur-of-the-moment situation would likely NOT make a particularly good decision.
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Speaking of dreaming up scenarios, I like how you just laid out a very elaborate military example trying to bring some other form of authoritative semblance into the situation. But somehow, it lacks logical relation to an old guy raping little boys that he brought into his own children's charity program.
Split second decision? Yeah... like the world was really hanging by a thread waiting for his next move as he decided what to do after he personally witnessed a 60 year old guy butt raping a little boy. What on Earth would make you describe that as a "Split second decision"? Name one thing that put the pressure of time on his decision there. He waited years and years to say anything. Split second LOL....