[Karthik]

Okay, everyone stop jumping on Cody.

Cody, I understand exactly what you are talking about. There are many members of this community who hold a viewpoint that somehow FIRSTers are somehow on a different moral plane than the rest of the world. I see and hear it all the time. People who make assumptions that everyone in FIRST is an honest and good citizen. The responses in this thread really prove Cody's point. There's a tendency for people to act like ostriches and stick their heads in the sand. The fact of the matter is, there are bad people in the world and there are bad people in FIRST. I'm not about to start painting with wide brush strokes, neither should any of you.

Yes, we should strive to make this community better. Yes, there are plenty of people in this community who do have more integrity than the average bear. Those people who assume that everyone does, are deluding themselves. By no means am I saying that every FIRSTer has this uppity attitude, but it does exist.

BTW, there really was no need for this debate to get so heated. I think the people who have been involved need to take a step back, examine their motivations and ask themselves why they got so worked up.