Child Rape At Penn State

There was a discussion on Chris Mathew's Hardball awhile ago about the Penn State anal raping of a 8 (or 10) year old boy "allegedly" committed by Jerry Sandusky.

One of the questions brought up was whether our child abuse reporting laws need to be enhanced.

I have two thoughts on that topic:

1. As to whether our laws need to be enhanced, I am ambivalent. This shouldn't be necessary.
2. Because...we, as a civilized people, should have enough moral character to recognize a dastardly act being perpetrated upon anyone in our society, especially a defenseless child, and react in any reasonable manner to stop that act.

To not stop that rape, any rape, and to not immediately report that crime to law enforcement officials calls into question the character and integrity of all involved.

To even have such a discussion makes me, after 67 years, ashamed of my country. I would have thought we were better than this.