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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:22:43 +0100
From: Paolo Velcich <pavel@ma*.na*.it*>
To: Rick Fincher <rnf@sp*.tb*.co*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com, armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*
Subject: Re: Nobel prize winner dies at Wakulla
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Thanks Rick,
you found the right words to say it.
I totally agree with you and I'm sure all open minded people do.

Paolo

Rick Fincher wrote:

> >
> > yes Rick, this death is our fault... <snip>
>
> No Trout, it's not your fault. Never said it was. But this unproductive
pissing
> match you guys have going is not helping anybody.
>
> Let me give you two possible courses of action that you could have taken when
> you found out about Wak 2.
>
> 1. You could have said, "Hey guys we've been diving here for a long time and
any
> info you need in planning like, finding out about existing lines, existing
maps
> etc. we'll be happy to help out. We've also got a killer scooter design if you
> guys want to try it."
>
> 2. If you saw that they were screwed up you could have backed off and let them
> do it their way without comment. The end results would have showed the truth.
>
> If you guys really believe in doing this for scientific reasons then it would
be
> a cooperative effort, not the ego contest and turf battle it has degenerated
> into.
>
> You guys do some really great diving and have developed some really great
> techniques that have helped the whole sport.
>
> Why taint that legacy by appearing to be the guy standing there with a bloody
> knife in your hand after backstabbing these other guys and saying, "See I told
> you they couldn't do it".
>
> You'd be better off to be able to say when all was said and done, "We tried to
> give them a helping hand but they still couldn't pull it off".
>
> I could respect that. I can't respect they way you guys have behaved to date.
>
> Rick
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