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I asked Kee Karoo1 for the feelings on his neck of the woods about many items from the "tech" world. From his personal response, I take the liberty of posting an excerpt from his message related to this newsgroup On Nov 25 Kee Karoo1 wrote : <<< <<<As for the techdiver or cavers newsgroups, we (my unit and our club members) monitored them for a while til we realized its complete uselessness. They are a group of hyenas barking at unison against anyone else outside their clan. Intolerance at its apogee. Not only they are wrong in their claim to DIR, but their shouting tantrums and group-coordinated attacks on any divergent views remind us of those names in history who claimed to have absolute truth on their side and used that claim to trample on everyone else's right to make their own decision. One of the reasons I wear this uniform is to garantee every American their right to choose without coercion. I am definitely not going to bow to the hyenas. Our club does almost exclusively deep wrecks (over 150'), nobody even comes close to their so-called hogarthian setup or DIR, and we have been accident free since our inception more than 20 years ago. Do we have discipline ? Yes. Do they have discipline? Yes. So, it might not be the gear configuration after all. I have seen many, many different configurations in many, many different places around the world doing similar and doing dis-similar tasks. The secret is NOT the gear setup, nor its configuration. It's in the strict discipline. The hyenas have discipline, so do we, so do many others around the world; whether Brazil, France or Belgium. Those who have it, will remain accident-free. Those who don't, their configuration will make little difference in their fate. Once in a while someone reads an argument in the NG and brings it to discussion at our meeting. We look for weaknesses and strengths of a particular claim and each person decides on their own whether it is viable for them. When we dive, we agree on a configuration for the entire group (it could be different for any particular dive) and then we all dive it as part of the plan. >>> >>> Maybe it is the discipline what really makes the difference, not the gear configuration. All the barking is futile. Opinions on other subjects have been posted in rec.scuba. QTV -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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