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Re: pic: Leveraging FIRST members?

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Originally Posted by Tom I (Post 760203)

First I wanna say that the word choice was very poor, as the term "leveraging" can very easily be conceived as "taking advantage of"

It only seems that way because the intended target of this message was not anyone from a FIRST team. It supposed to be for NI employees and other corporates. Its a huge difference when you look at the target audience and who they are trying to influence.

Again, don't look into the words too much.

+$0.02

Please just drop this topic as it has been explained multiple times.

Re: pic: Leveraging FIRST members?

I think it's sad that kids have learned to not only accept, but defend that these companies are not acting in the interest of anyone but themselves and that the notion of doing something simply because it helps someone out is absurd.

It is possible to do something simply because it is a good thing to do and gain nothing from it in return; except maybe for the satisfaction we find in helping others.