Paterno read the classics and often quoted Plato. Plato once wrote "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the law". Make no mistake, Joe Paterno was not good people.
Toya Graham gained instant fame by slapping the ish out of her rioter-to-be son, and even earned words of approval from the White House on Wednesday.
There has long been a myth in America that says, essentially, 'Black parents need to beat their kids so the cops won't have to.' This myth is not just perpetuated by African American people but is reinforced by White people who think if African American people are "respectable" they won't get harassed by law enforcement.
Meet Bible Baptist Church Pastor Eric Dammann, who literally wails on kids for Jesus.
Child pornography victimizes children over and over again. In the age of the internet it makes the victimization eternal.
Instead of just accepting the premise that there's something about black culture that makes them more likely to beat their kids, though, what if there's something about white culture that makes whites less likely to get caught beating their kids?
How many more children have to be permanently damaged before we take a serious look at these issues?
"The subject of child abuse and in particular child sexual abuse, is not something that people like to talk about. Most people don't like to even think about it. Unfortunately it is real, it is happening right now, and frankly it shouldn't be ignored."