Statement by Michigan State University’s Board of Directors after sex abuse scandal of its young gymnasts.”This Board has come across as tone-deaf,emotionless and lacking in empathy”.! One moment here.Firstly this is not “coming across as” .This is the Reality.But, even more importantly, this is the attitude of ALL our large -scale institutions.I saw it every day in my psychiatric practice.The problem here is HUGE! Much,much more than the Olympic athletes involved.This concerns the M.O. of our entire society!There are many reasons for this of course-greed,ambition and self-will to start with.But one of the main problems is what many regard as the solution-Reason or in this case one of its derivatives-rationalization.”Lose your mind and come to your senses” Fritz Perls of Gestalt Therapy urged us all.But with all the cerebrality of our educational process we have lost our perceptual capacities and with it our common sense.These complaints should have been heard and acted on immediately.Instead they were denied,minimalized and put aside.We seriously need to recover our hearing and our sight AND our Compassion..God help us all.