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> Rich, IT'S ALWAYS THE DIVERS FAULT? ARE YOU INSANE? I know a guy who was > accidently shot while diving by another diver with a spear gun. It was his > fault for being in the water? Such are the risks of diving with buddies. Yes, it was the diver's fault. > Is that what you are saying? Wem Remley was > at fault for getting his head in the way of the propeller while teaching > the dive class? Surely you are not saying there have been no valid tort > claims made by divers injured during a dive. Or are you? Rod What happened to Win was a tragedy. It really sucks. It is also a risk he accepted when he got in the water, just as getting creamed by a drunk driver is a risk weaccept everytime we venture on the freeway. We make laws to minimizes the number of drunk drivers on the road. We should make laws to minimize the chance that some boob is driving a boat or carrying a speargun. Lawsuits are not the answer - they make life too miserable for too many innocent people - they are an extremely inneficient means of retribution. They don't bring the dead back to life; they don't give a crippled person the ability to walk again. Some things should not be measured in dollars. Rich > On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, George Irvine wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I hear of another problem with PPO2's in a nitrox class, and from the > > > same instructor who already killed one guy. When is this going to change? Let's > > > hear the agency justification of this absolutely stupid practice. I really hope > > > somebody finally gets smart and sues these idiots, and I am going to see if I > > > can persuade this person, who survived not due to any effort by the instructor > > > , but by the boat crew, to sue this gang of dolts, so we can give them the > > > two-by-four over the head they so desparately need. > > > > Bad call. Keep the litigation out of diving. A diving accident is NEVER > > the instructor's fault; it is NEVER the agency's fault; it is ALWAYS the > > diver's fault. > > > > Rich > > > > Richard Pyle > > deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* > > ******************************************************************* > > "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is > > COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot > > accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!" > > ******************************************************************* > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > > Richard Pyle deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* ******************************************************************* "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!" *******************************************************************
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