A response to It's time to stop giving Paterno a free pass:

This is a bit overblown, as those in cahoots with NOW like to do. Joe PA State is 79 years old, and yes he does want to be treated like the young coaches, but he's a bridger fer cryin' out loud. It's going to be tough for him, even with advanced PR training, to express himself in terms that are politically correct to today's genre of zealots. He didn't say anything that hurt anybody, any cause, or create an aura of insensitivity. He didn't say it right, but he didn't hurt anybody. People need to get over it, and start being a little more tolerant of views that could possibly be taken out of context, or taken from a random thought. I mean did the writer who quoted him say, "Now Joe, I want you to think about your answer, because I'm going to broadcast it to every publication outside of happy valley." I know he didn't, so you can't pillory the guy for being unequipped to answer a tricky question like that. He didn't grow up with these issues. He is a hard-assed football coach. That's what he is and always has been. Why does he have to become more than that with the politically correct?

 I think it's stupid for anybody to give this any more pub. Dumber than what he said even.

   Fred Yde