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Re: Warning - Please be careful

Posted by Peter Krumdieck at 12/18/2000 5:50 PM EST


Engineer on team #353, Pobots, from POB Central School District.


In Reply to: Warning - Please be careful
Posted by Raul on 12/18/2000 2:19 PM EST:



: I am afraid this topic is becoming like politics and religion. And it could get worse. Let me tell you a true short story to make my point.

: When my son was growing up we use to watch the Chicago Cubs games together and sometimes go to the park to see them. At one point when my son was in fourth grade or so he started to hate the Chicago White Sox. I asked him why. He said his friends liked the Sox and were making fun of him because he liked the Cubs. He was forced to defend his preference and it caused him to hate the Sox. And, his friends were no longer his friends. I tried to tell him that I liked both teams but I did prefer the Cubs. I would still cheer for the Sox against other teams but he always wanted them to lose no matter who they played. Now that he is much older, he told me that he realized that there is no reason to hate the Sox. I'm glad.

: So what is my point? I'm afraid that by stating strong opinions about another robot competition, we will polarize some people and they will begin to hate FIRST. Do we really need to be so inflexible as to make students choose one competition over another? Why can't they like both? Does it really take away from one if you enjoy another. Is it really against the FIRST principles to enjoy another robot competition? I sure hope not.

: Yes, I still like FIRST better but I still enjoy Battlebots. If I had time to work on both, I would. Some teams have members that have done both. I bet they share my views.

: Enough said.

: Raul
Raul:

I didn't mean to imply that one was better. I LOVE to watch battlebots (and wouldn't mind driving in a demo derby).

Given the design challange of FIRST I just feel that it's a much more sophistocated thing. Call me a snob, but no offense to Battle bots or Robo Wars, et al.

-pete

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