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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

No, you are incorrect. Read the OP.

The topic brought up was to invite President Obama, Not whether or not we should invite President Obama.

I believe we should invite as many political figures as possible, including President Obama, and let them see what motivated american kids can do. If FIRST is ever to change the culture, then we need to start with those we've elected to public office. JMHO.

I believe we should let them decide if it is prudent, or not, for them to come. Us Making that decision for them is rather presumptuous, don't you think?

Ok, as requested, I re-read the first post. This is what I found.

Originally Posted by pacoliketaco

If your team agrees that we can all inspire our president, please join us and send your own invitation.

Notice the part I bolded. This statement, is the one that says, if your team agrees. It inspires us all to ask ourselves, do we agree with him? Should we try to write to our president? That is why people simply responded, no I don't agree. Granted, the poster was probably expecting everyone to say, sure I agree...I'll get right to making the letter. But that simply isn't how it works. If you start a thread like this, you are opening it up to be discussed in every aspect of the topic. This includes disagreement. I'm really sorry that we don't agree on this particular topic, and in all honesty I am not going to argue whether or not to invite him. Those points have been made previously. All I am trying to say is that this does all fall into the original thread topic even if it wasn't quite what the writer intended.

Furthermore, making the decision for him would be telling him that he is not welcome. Nobody has done anything of the sort. We are just choosing not to invite him. If he decides of his own accord to go to Atlanta, that is his choosing.