Why can't we get along?

[Sean_330]

"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

Over the last couple of days, more and 4 threads containing more than 200 posts have been written about the allegations of "fixing" matches. There have been some accomplishments:

1. There have been countless fights in which many people got their ideas bashed and condemned by other posters in an unprofessional and public manner.

2. Several teams have been singled out for criticism without their knowing it.

3. A petition has been formed, but the thread about the petition is infested with rude posts and as a result loses its intended meaning.

4. People have undertaken personal attacks on each other and their beliefs as well as attacked the wording on the posts rather than take the idea behind the post into consideration.

5. Individuals have spoken on behalf of entire teams or other individuals and have been jumped on all over by people not even from that team.


My question is: Are these accomplishments what FIRST was meant to be aboout? I know there has been talk of what Dean would say and even disagreements on people speaking for him. But on the other hand, apart from Dean, is this how WE want FIRST to be. FIRST is about changing the world for the better and improving it. Can we do this if we are all fighting amongst ourselves.

We have been fighting for days about this now, with no good coming out of it. For the sake of peace and unity, I hope people will agree to disagree and put their differences behind then. Is it really worth causing division and fighting to get the last word in? Are we going to devide our house against it or will we stand together?

In closing, Ashlee made a good post and it would do us all good to read it.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=18863