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another unsigned whine from an anonymous aol account.  
How original.

Trout
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> 
> As a member of this list for over two years I have read almost every posting 
> during that time frame. I have watched everything from the extremely heated 
> discussions on "deep air" to the discussions of the WK2 project and 
> everything in between.
> 
> However, everytime a cave diver is killed it is interesting how the "two 
> sides" can't wait to jump on the death bandwagon and start playing the blame 
> game on how they died, whose fault it was, and "what a stroke they were for 
> having died."
> 
> I personally participate in a variety of activities which most of the general 
> public would consider "extreme sports." Some of these activities include: 
> mountain climbing, rock climbing, and white water kayaking to name a few. In 
> each of these "extreme sports" people die every single year.
> 
> One of the things I have noticed is that in none of these other sports, which 
> all have newsgroups like this one, does anyone "faction" take such glee in 
> the death of person. Sadly this is not the case with this group.
> 
> As with any death in any "extreme sport," the cause of death can be blamed in 
> a dozen different ways i.e. the 1996 Everest disaster for example. 
> 
> The bottom line is cave diving is dangerous and people will continue to die 
> as long as their are caves to dive in just like people will continue to die 
> on mountains as long as people continue to climb them.
> 
> My only request is when a "cave death" occurs you opposing factions out there 
> stop taking such glee and seeing how many people or things you can blame.
> 
> The bottom line is no one has EVER been forced to go cave diving.
> 
> 
> 

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