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Gilldiver@ao*.co* wrote:

> What really gets me going is that the draft is supposed to have included Non-
> Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) including agencies representing sport
> divers. The agency that they used for us divers was the "World Underwater
> Federation" (I never heard of them either) that is known by it’s French
> initials as CMAS. Of course CMAS said that all sport divers were in favor of
> the draft.

CMAS represents almost every national agency, except for the major U.S. ones. 
The
Underwater Society of America, the YMCA Scuba program, the United States of
America Underwater Federation, and Technical Diving International, are members.
NAUI, PADI, SSI, IANTD, etc. are not.

So in this case, it looks to me like a bunch of foreigners ramming stuff down
the
throats of Americans.

Part of the explanation may be the difference between, say, Greeks or Turks
fearful of rich foreigners with SCUBA gear running off with archeologically
significant treasures, currently preserved under the sand; and we Americans with
our own concerns.

But to me, cultural sensitivity cuts both ways.  Go ahead, protect your Greek
triremes, your national underwater treasures.  But do not take away my San Diego
dive.

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Wrolf              wrolf@wr*.ne*

Wrolf's Wreck:     http://wrolf.net
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