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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 07:41:00 -0400
From: "G. Irvine" <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
Organization: Woodville Karst Plain Project
To: CAPTZEROOO@ao*.co*
CC: cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: It's All About To Be Over For TDI
Capt Zero - police Gilliam, and there would be no problem. Take your
beef to him, he is what is going to put all of you out of business.




CAPTZEROOO@ao*.co* wrote:
> 
> Diving deep on aire can be dangerous. Anyone with half a brain knows that (
> excepting for students who are trusting in their instructor to keep them
> safe) Still in this country we have the right to go into the woods and get
> eaten by a bear. the same applies to diving.  You have the right to go deep
> on air and die.  George you obvioously have a stong opinion about deep air.
> You are entitled to it ( I agree with it myself) But you are doing the entire
> diving comunity a serious diservice by  prompting wives to sue, & testifying
> against the instructors & shops. To do so would be inviting Gov. regulation
> into our sport. The Gov will not make a distinction between your doing it
> right and strokes. They will paint the whole diving comunitty with the same
> brush, right or wrong. If you testify for the lawyers they will twist your
> statements to win money for their client, no matter what it does to diving.
> We must police our own. and try to educate the people. Even if you shut down
> the slob agencies, there will still be individuals diving deep on air.  Once
> you go into court you will be opening Pandora's box. You think that you will
> be able to control the way the case is run, but in the end the lawyers will
> use you as a pawn to serve their own end. They are FARRRRRR more greedy than
> the strokes. Whiole it is sedeductive to go into court and have your say.
> They are just as likely to shut YOU down as well as or instead of the slobs.
> While you have a methopd to your maddness the average  juror / judge will not
> be able to understand how the slob is dangerous while you who do much more
> complex/dangerous diving is not. do not go that route. you stand a chance of
> pulling us all down. with them.
> 
> Zero
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