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>I still disagree with you. One
>hundred percent of the responsibility lies on the shoulders of the divers
>themselves. No matter what George thinks, he is NOT responsible for a
>single person who goes in the water under his leadership. You don't go in
>the water unless you accept full responsibility to whatever happens while
>you're underwater. Gilliam and Odem and others are NOT responsible for
>the actions of yahoos who try to emulate them. I'd even go so far to say
>they are NOT responsible for their own students. Diving skills cannot be
>taught, they can only be learned. Therefore, full responsibility comes
>back to the bozo who somehow thinks a terrestrial mammal has any business
>going underwater. Life is not fair. When people accept that, we can all
>stop whining.
oh, Richard, oh...
oh, RICHARD!
I see what you mean... :)
On another note, it occurs to me that not all laws would be bad.
For instance, a law that said no one is responsible for anyone else, that
it's always the diver's responsibility, period. A law that says if you go
underwater, you forfeit your right to sue anyone for anything in
connection with the dive.
Like the law that says it's always the fault of the guy who rear ends
someone.
A blanket law that protects shops, DM's, Instructors, agencies, and
everybody else who knows how to spell "dive".
Seems to me it would make dive sites less crowded, too, when the
responsibility message was driven home...
I'm not sure that more law would automaticaly be bad, I think it depends
on what law is written. We could probably make it work to our advantage.
1. You are responsible.
2. Don't hold your breath.
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"huh?"
-Jammer, 1992
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