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From: "Paltz, Art" <Art.Paltz@R2*.CO*>
To: "Mailing Tech Diver List (E-mail)" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: RE: The noise level and misdirection
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:13:36 -0400
Amen!  Lets turn this around into something everyone (or at least me!)
can learn from!

Art.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	GarlooEnt@ao*.co* [SMTP:GarlooEnt@ao*.co*]
	Sent:	Thursday, August 27, 1998 6:58 AM
	To:	dlv@ga*.ne*; wrolf@co*.ne*; bdi@wh*.ne*
	Cc:	JSGomes117@ao*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com
	Subject:	Re: The noise level and misdirection

	dan
	many years ago i used to teach in a high school that had drug
problems with
	the students. so it's not without experience in this area that i
say that your
	analogy is quite floored. 
	in that school system the powers that be felt that they should
ignore the
	problem with regard to educating the students as to the ills of
the drugs(i.e.
	show them the results of there actions by bringing them to rehb
centers, or
	have past drug addicts discuss the problem with them). they took
the hard line
	- they threatened them with punishment instead - this resulted
in two deaths
	do to overdoses that i personally witnessed of course the powers
that be
	blamed every one & everything else for the deaths.
	you have some good points with regard to wrolfs comments & he
has raised some
	valid questions. why don't you & he just answer each others
queries & move on
	from there. it probably would be a lot easier that threatening
each other.
	hank


	In a message dated 8/26/98 10:36:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
dlv@ga*.ne*
	writes:

	<< Subj:	 RE: The noise level and misdirection
	 Date:	8/26/98 10:36:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time
	 From:	dlv@ga*.ne* (Dan Volker)
	 To:	wrolf@co*.ne* ('Wrolf Courtney'), bdi@wh*.ne*
('bdi')
	 CC:	JSGomes117@ao*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
	 
	 Wrolf,
	 
	 You are still whining about free speech, like it justifies the
	 misdirections, obsfucation, and confusion your posts generate.
	 
	 
	 I'll make another analogy for you, to make it easier for you to
understand
	 why many of us really don't want you posting here anymore.
	 
	 Let's say you are a senior in highschool, or a freshman in
college. You are
	 in a small school, and you your class is about 100
students---you know all
	 of them. Ten students you know have been taking LSD, and coke,
and are
	 trying to convince other students it gives them a huge
advantage in
	 creativity---very useful in writing, art and even understanding
of science.
	 And they say the cocaine will allow you to study for 8 hours
per day, during
	 exam weeks, with no effort. And you retain, as long as you use
the coke to
	 take the test. And another benefit they claim is more enjoyable
athletic
	 workouts. They claim the right to free speech. They claim its
their right to
	 tell the other students about "their way".
	 
	 
	 You know from the last school you were in, several
students--friends, that
	 died from exactly what these ten are now doing. You know, with
ABSOLUTE
	 CERTAINTY, that the course of action these students are
suggesting to the
	 remaining 90 of your friends, will "kill"  some of them in the
next few
	 months.  You know that "the ten"  are very persuasive, and that
other
	 friends are listening to them. You  have told your other
friends how
	 dangerous this course of action is, but the ten have convinced
everyone that
	 no "proof" exists for  your position----and it has become their
word against
	 your word. But you "know" the real truth. This is absolute
certainty. And it
	 has been proven, again and again.
	 
	 
	 You now have decided "the ten" need to either be kicked out of
the school
	 before they kill someone with their ideas, or they need to shut
their mouths
	 and stop trying to lead others down their path.  You have
effectively
	 decided AGAINST free speech.
	 
	 If you decided that they should be allowed to continue their
attempts to
	 convince many of your friends to take drugs you know will kill
some of them,
	 because of your belief in free speech---you are no friend to
anyone. You are
	 as bad if not worse than the drug peddlers--because you
actually KNOW who
	 dangerous the practice is, but refuse to act on your knowledge.
	 
	 
	 This is why many of us have opposed Wrolf Courtney
participation on this
	 tech list----we know your ideas will confuse and misdirect new
tech divers,
	 at a critical time in their lives when they may have precious
little time
	 left to find the right "path" too safe technical diving. Each
day you
	 misdirect and confuse them, you come closer to killing these
novice tech
	 divers, by preventing them from adopting the DIR procedures and
	 configurations of gear that would have protected them.  This is
why I see
	 you like the drug peddler, and why I want you OUT OF HERE.
	 This is why I can't be "Nice" or polite to you anymore.   If I
ran into a
	 crack dealer at a Seven Eleven convenience store, and saw him
trying to sell
	 crack to a friend of mine's son, you can believe he would be
beaten to a
	 pulp, on the spot. This is an absolute responsibility--one
which we all
	 share.
	 Wrolf, at this time, each of us has a responsibility to give
you a "virtual
	 beating", in response to behavior by you ---which we know is
potentially
	 going to contribute to a technical diving death, by the
mechanisms already
	 discussed.
	 
	 Keep it up, and I can foresee some of us feeling the need to go
beyond a
	 your "virtual beating", in our attempts to save lives which you
are now
	 jeopardizing. Whether this becomes legal/financial, or
physical, only time
	 and your future postings will determine.
	 
	 Wrolf, you are placing us in a position where we are morally
compelled to
	 make an action---one which you will not enjoy. Wake up, see
what you have
	 been doing from our perspective, and change immediately. You
are NOT a
	 champion of free speech----you are a source of dangerous
misdirection in
	 technical diving, one which may kill a diver  very soon.  How
can you expect
	 us to treat any way other than the way you've been treated so
far, or much
	 worse in the future.
	 
	 Dan Volker
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