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Steve, I'm with you on this one. But I still think Wrolf's a moron :) At 10:21 AM 8/24/98 -0500, you wrote: >Dan wrote: > >>Wrolf , you are a liability to this list. The noise level and isdirection >>you create are dangerous to newcomers here. Get off of the list, or become a >>permanent lurker before you contribute to a new diver's death. >> > >I don't agree. Wrolf is irritating, and everybit as lacking in tact as some >of the more acomplished stars of this list. But his incessant questioning >has brought a lot of new information onto this list, and allowed a lot of >old misinformation to be corrected, even if the process is a little brutal >on him. > >Nor do I subscribe to your oft-repeated "anyone who states an opinion here >about diving different than mine is guilty of murder". That's a cheap way >to try to escalate the stakes, so you can villify those you don't agree >with rather than trying to respond to what they are saying. > >You keep seem to be trying to make a religion out of DIR - an authoritarian >hierarchical structure with Dan Volker as high priest. In previous posts >you've already rediscovered such traditionally religous doctrines as Papal >infallibility, apostasy, demonization, and now you seem to be nibbling at >excommunication. Even George (whose position in your pantheon I'll let >folks on this list figure out for themselves) doesn't take it that far. You >are the only one here is constantly taking it upon yourself to tell people >what they can and can't discuss here. > >People - especially those who follow this list - aren't the impressionable, >blind sheep you seem to think they are, and one dumb word isn't going to >undo a hundred wise ones. I believe net discussions to be largely self >correcting, as the dumb stuff gets rightly stomped on, right in the open >where everyone can see it happen - and that free discussion is more >condusive to safety in the long run than trying to control what is posted >so only the currently dominant view is represented. > > > > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ----------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> NW Labor Systems http://www.nwls.com ----------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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