I'm not sure how I feel about this...
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You have killed my reputation, and as I have found by doing research on the forums whenever someone says the things I said they get their rep destroyed.
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OP doesn't understand why what he said was wrong. Most of the people on here are pretty level headed folks, we encourage discussion round these here parts. What we don't encourage is attacks on teams. If a person could come up with a reason for why mentors should not be involved with the design and fabrication process I'm sure it would lead to interesting discussions (as it has numerous in the past). However, these arguments must be done in a logical and thought out fashion that doesn't attack anyone.
For example, a good friend of mine and I had an interesting discussion last night about this very topic. You'd be mildly surprised that the points raised towards having more student involvement were actually quite interesting and led to a very cool discussion.
That's neither here nor there, the point is that we have the freedom to speak our minds but we also have the responsibility to do it respectfully. I may never agree with anything you say but I can respect you if you are able to articulate it in an respectful manner.
And one last thing, while it appears your "reputation" is destroyed... I've gotten negrep more times than you care to know, I like to think it is a decent indicator of how well I am articulating my point. The last time was from someone who asked me why I was such a jerk. At first I was a little mad at them but then I cooled down, read what I posted and I did feel like a jerk. I needed that smack in the face to realize that I was being a jerk. I'm just happy they did it privately.