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Re: "We Are the Champions" and GP?

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The bottom line is this: the "champions" in the song are the regional/championship winners, and the "losers" are either (take your pick) everyone else, OR the finalists, and neither one of those choices is conducive to the argument that this song is anywhere near clicking with gracious professionalism.
Wow.................

once again it goes to your views... Honestly, how do you know what every single person at an event is thinking??? have you asked every single person in FIRST what they think the words champions and losers mean?

i doubt it...

This makes me very sad for you, espeically when you say that this is the bottom line. This may be the bottom line for you, but everyone is entitled to their thoughts about the song.

Also this is something that has been playing as long as i can remember (8 years in FIRST).. I myself am one of the sorest losers (i can admit that because i get very grumpy when i/my team does not win) and this song has NEVER bothered me. The reason is because they were simply better than me/my team, and that is just one way to help celebrate that they out smarted or built something better than me/my team.

Honestly how would you celebrate the winners of an event? Because if you don't celebrate them what would make a team want to win? If they don't want to win what would make them want to build the best robot they could? if they don't build the best robot they could why would they build a robot? if they didn't build a robot why would they be in FIRST???
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