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Chill!!!!
MrB....Ok So you like Battlebots...I have no quarrel with Battlebots. I think interesting designs are always something to be admired. The inventive mind is something we can all appreciate and admire.
However, it's best to know WHAT the inventive mind was trying to accomplish. As you know, The inventor of dynamite was looking for a way to transport Nitro Glycerin safely and save lives. So he was understandibly distressed to see his invention used for warfare. SO much so that he was moved to established prizes for people who made significant advances in furthering humanity.
Perhaps there is a significant need for such "battles" I guess humans need to have a conflict to feel good about themselves, but as a member of society who carried a draft card in the 70's I'd rather concentrate on creating peaceful means of competition rather than creating new ways to destroy.
Yes, our technology has been a blessing, but the glorification of combat using our technology is a human failure. (There is a fine line that separates combat from competition but, it is there. )
At last year's awards ceremony, Dean made a statement that merits reflection. "Raise the bar..." If you "raise the bar" by making the better destroying robot, then I applaud you. Just be careful you don't cut your fingers off.
Closing thoughts, "ANYONE can learn to fight, it takes a superior mind to find ways not to." A quote form a teacher of mine.
A quote from MrB.
"Please children of FIRST recognize this irony….do what you will with it, that’s your choice…but recognize the irony that to be gentle, to play nice is a good thing, but the ability to have it that way is paid for in the currency of the lives of the people who ensure and defend our safety…."
This is a lie and an exaggeration. There is no other way to put it.
Yes we must and will aide those who defend and protect us as a people, even gladly give them our best work. They rightly deserve our continued gratitude and support. Their bravery and selflessness fulfill what President Bush predicted, "...you will make us proud."
But There is NO irony. The day we embrace the notion that we are little more than techs who provide means for destruction of lives is the day we lose ourselves as humans. I'll go further, the day we glory in being the most destructive nation on Earth, is the day we no longer possess the fortitude to handle the responsibility for such ability.
HERE is the irony: we must be unmatched at our ability for destruction, but never be particularly proud because it is a necessary evil at best.
Mr.B.. anyone who equates F.I.R.S.T. to Battlebots has missed the point of F.I.R.S.T.....and CERTAINLY missing the point of Battlebots. AND I resent the way you cheapen the sacrifices of our "Daily Heros" and "Service men and women in the desert" by attempting to use them as justification for your defence of a "Battlebots Mentality".
Sorry, if I seem angry... it's because I AM.
Steve Alaniz
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