To all our brothers and sisters in Happy Valley:
Greetings!
We, the Governing Body, are happy to welcome our first worldly college to our insular, culty, fruitly little group.
We have so much in common. Sooooo much.
Did you know that while we think that kids are our future, we will spare no expense in exploiting them?
Forget Sandusky for a moment. JW's can get pre-teens baptized in a life long commitment for their religious views. Penn State can offer you a 4 year scholarship (based on how fast you can run, how high you can jump, how far you can throw, how much can you bench?) Sound good?
What about us?
Penn State was "Win with honor?"
JW's were "You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth!" (as long as you follow us all the way. Kids! You are up front! Because it is easier to eff you from behind....)
I know. That is harsh. I apologize. But consider this one common thread.
Power unchecked will always exploit the vulnerable
This changes little. Sadly. Right now, there are kids whose lives are being ruined, and other kids who will become adults, insulated, and have no idea what this world is really about.
What is this "world" really about? Money and power, in roughly that order.
Don't forget that folks. Learn from history if you don't want to be a victim of it.
I write this because I can't change the world, and I don't want to. I am so g*d d*mn lucky that I am where I am, that I feel guilty even saying that in all honesty, nothing has changed.
But if we KNOW, then we can do something.
JW's are not going away. Neither is Penn State.
What keeps me going is pretty damn simple. Joe Paterno, like Ted Jaracz, went to his grave, and likely talked themselves both into a happy death for the "good" they did.
But they knew that there was a big stinkin skunk in their closets. And so they also died with the realization that they weren't saints, martyrs, or whatever. They were flawed white men that at the end of the day, gave in to what was expediant to them, regardless of the lives that were run over by the Mack Truck ego's they drove.
I would rather go down speaking truth to power. I would rather go down knowing that I took a stand. I know for sure, that when I go, I will be at peace for leaving and speaking out against a cult that protects child molesters and pedophiles. I will be at peace because I spoke out. And that at the end, my entire life will be credible, even if CNN, Facebook. or jw.org has no clue.
But by all means, speak up when you see evil. Know that the odds are against you until your death, when your final days will be fulfilled for a life well spent.
In other words, don't be a half good person. Either be all good, or all sell out, so we can know who you are. Joe Paterno. Sell out. Ted Jaracz? Sell out.
Who are you?
In the end, these two men were brothers, and they had no idea the evil they enabled. Or worse, they did. How sad...........