Dean Kamen, Manual Laborers, and You

[sgreco]

I don't really like to get involved in controversial topics such as this that involve politics and social status and what not. I try to educate myself about topics like this as much as possible, but it's hard to stay on top of it and to really know what is going on in the world.

I can't say I disagree with some of the criticism/disappointment with Dean's comments, but seriously I think we are taking it out of perspective. It's one thing that one guy said once. Everyone says things that they may regret saying later; everyone makes mistakes. Hearing people say things like "I can't support this any more" is really insulting to FIRST as an organization. After all the great things FIRST has done as an organization are people really willing to turn their backs on it after one comment? I understand words can hurt, but I think this is being taken a little out of perspective. I mean no offense to anyone that may have been offended by Dean's speech, this just my opinion.

Disclaimer: My working experience is minimal, I've never been a laborer and at 17 years old the only thing I've done for work is CAD modeling for an industrial vacuum pump company as a summer job. So my opinion may be off track seeing as I have only been a part of the workforce for a little over a year.