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Originally Posted by Billfred
I'm afraid one of your underlying assumptions is false. I Googled the lyrics, and came up with the following chorus in multiple places:
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world -
Given that FRC has long aimed to use the more desirable aspects of sports, I think a tasteful moment of celebration for the teams who find themselves at the top of their field is appropriate. If nothing else, it makes perfectly clear to those who might be less game-savvy in the audience that the on-field competition has, in fact, concluded.
I don't see any GP issue, and am all for keeping it.
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Billfred... I gotta say that I fail to see a large enough difference between the lyrics you quoted and the lyrics I quoted to warrant an underlying issue; both refer to one group as champions while referring to another group pejoratively as losers. Help me out.
Josh, I can't dispute the idea that from your perspective I'm making more out of this than actually matters, because that's your personal feeling about the matter. However, to me a contradiction between one of the most basic ideals of FIRST and /any/ of our actions is worth at least careful consideration (and I don't mean that in the Washington way).