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Reposting private email is a sin.... I now give you a public salute.. Sit down and shut the f* up, Jeff Paolo Velcich wrote: > Thank you for your exquisite style, really a gentleman...:-) > > Jeff Bentley wrote: > > > Dude, > > You are in fucking italy... what the hell do you know about > > cave diving in backwater florida? > > > > shut up and sit down, > > Jeff > > > > Paolo Velcich wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > -- > > mailto:jeffbentley@mi*.co* http://www.mindspring.com/~jeffbentley -- mailto:jeffbentley@mi*.co* http://www.mindspring.com/~jeffbentley -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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