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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:44:32 -1000 (HST)
From: Dennis Pierce <epic@so*.ha*.ed*>
To: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Stokery on CompuServe


On Mon, 1 Jan 1996, Richard Pyle wrote:

> 
> > but there is also implied responsibilities...  those that go along with
> > postions of authority or reverence...
> 
> I remember our conversation in Key West.  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. 

i also recall the discussion, if we spent almost three hours talking about

it over lunch .. it would take weeks here.  "oh no, not that string again"

would be interested in others opinion as well..




> 
> On a brighter note....what is your schedule like this week?  Jeff 
> Bozanic is staying at my house, and I'd like to have a barbecue - invite 
> Chip, Rooney, Pence, and anyone else you can think of who'd like to come 
> chat.
> 


was gonna ask you the same question, i have a couple of fino's i'd like for
you to see.. they are sharp, kicks the drager in the ass a couple of times.

i'd like to meet jeff, have spoke to him a few times...

call me, you are hard to find.. blub blub,

my pager would be best  576.9378

aloha,

dennis

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