| Ben Mitchell |
13-04-2003 21:46 |
Re: Disapointment
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Originally posted by aBoris26
As a Canadian the America-centric speeches by the guests and Woody went against the programs development over the last two years as a international celebration of science and technology. Listening to an Air Force recruitment pitch and how the NASA family was devastated by Columbia may my eyes roll. The WORLD experienced a great loss in our pursuit of the stars when the Columbia went down, not exclusively America.
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And this is after we played Canada's national anthem before our own. Here's a hint: we are in HOUSTON TEXAS, and are a largely american audience. If someone mentioning America upsets you, don't go next time.
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Originally posted by aBoris26
The people who are involved are FIRST are not just going to be the techies and scientists of our generation, as was implied by President Bush and others; we are the LEADERS our generation, in business, medicine and politics.
We are the people who are going to determine the legacy our generation leaves. Do we really want to perpetuate the violence and greed that has saturated our culture? FIRST's main problem is that they can't see the forest through the trees, they are too focused on just engineering, we want to change the entire culture of not just America, but of the world, in all disciplines of our society. This program has that power, they don't harness it.
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Huh? First off, FIRST will not change the culture of america without changing itself first. To be honest, and realistic, it doesn't have a universal appeal. The game this year was impossible to explain in less than 2 minutes.
What the hell is your problem with America? The audience there was 95% American. FIRST is based in America. Most, if not all, of the sponsers of FIRST are largely American in nature.
Once again, if an America-based speech to an audience almost entirely American upsets you, don't go to the nationals ever again. Problem solved.
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Originally posted by aBoris26
Why wasn't there any TV coverage! They could probably get ESPN2 or Space TV or some other cable network to broadcast it live. And there was no national coverage on NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, CNN; during war time there should be some positive uplifting stories, like FIRST, mixed in with the unhappy, but necessary coverage of war.
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It was covered by NASA TV. There were also news articals and news blips about FIRST and the event on other channels. There were also a lot of media people filming and watching, and interviewing as well. |
