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>My idea will NOT keep a diver who is medically fit from diving. It will make
>sure they have trained enough to pass the fitness portion. And training
>standards will become tighter, meaning the tech divers will actually have to
>pass skill tests, and can not just be given a card because they paid the
>money ---i.e., they will not get passed through until they have really
>learned the material, and have become adept at using it.
Volker, your ideas are slippery slopes, as far as most Americans are
concerned.
While it may not be a good idea, or advisable for your grandmother to
dive, I think most of us agree that it's UP TO HER whether or not she
dives, or how she kills herself.
You want to be careful starting down hills that look slippery, or sure as
hell, someone is going to stop anyone from diving that uses more than one
question mark on the internet. We have a long history of resisting the
FIRST lost freedom, not the last straw.
Personally, I think it would be far better for diving to be illegal, as
long as it applied evenly to all, than for it to be legal for some, but
not for others.
Your grandmother can skydive, ski, snowboard (if she smokes pot,
apparently), hike, rock climb, and execute technical dives, with my
blessing. The only thing that stops her is her choice. Those of you who
think there is something more important than that choice sound naive and
childish to those of us who have witnessed the absence of that choice.
That choice is worth dying for, and many, many have done exactly that.
Your "logic" pales in comparison to their sacrifice.
Since you don't appreciate this choice thing, you have a conflicting
opinion. You are entitled to hold this opinion, again, courtesy of
American Veterans.
You're welcome.
Your grandmother can choose for herself, regardless of your opinion of
her ability to do so.
I'm sure she appreciates that, even with the grandson that she has.
She's welcome, too.
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"C'mon, you sons of bitches, you
want to live forever?"
-First Sergeant Dan Daly, 1918
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