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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 21:28:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*>
To: Ronnie Bell <rbell@cp*.or*>
cc: Heath Thorpe <HThorpe@cs*.co*.za*>, norcadiver@so*.ne*,
     SCUBA-L@BR*.br*.ed*, freedivelist@co*.ne*,
     subocean@co*.ne*, cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@terra.net,
     jyed@um*.ed*, byak@yc*.co*
Subject: Re: free planet

The biggest problem as I see it is that the indians are not really 
that techno-mechanico inclined, so when, for example, a schedule 6 is 
called for, I seriously doubt that they can devise a method of taking the 
chamber down to 60 feet- the damn things are so bouyant, it's hard to do 
even when you know how. Rod  

On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Ronnie Bell wrote:

> Well I have my 2 cents to add.
> I believe the most appropriate approach would be to educate the indians as
> to why they are getting bent then let them decide. If these poeple simply
> ignore natures rules what makes you think that once they get a chamber
> they won't just dive to the limits that they feel that a chamber will be
> able to save them from?
> Let them know how it works (deco theory, bends, et al) and then let them
> decide what to do with their lives.
> r.b.
> 
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