Wow...let me mark this in the calendar as the day I lost Jim Burkes respect.
Hey it's also Cinco de Mayo, so maybe I'll drink a beer to celebrate.  If I
failed to see the irony in Stu's first post, I guess you can't see the
tounge in cheek of mine...

Evil mean and nasty colonial...

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Burke <monteach@gl*.co*.uk*>
To: Sean M. Cary <SMCARY@MI*.CO*>; bdi@wh*.ne* <bdi@wh*.ne*>; Stuart
Morrison <divebimbo@li*.fr*.co*.uk*>; TechDiver
<TechDiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: Magazine Extracts


>Sean
>
>Sorry, I've been following this thread for some time but you are way off
the
>mark here.  I'm afraid to say I have lost all respect for your views and I
>will henceforth be filtering you out from my e-mail.
>
>Benny Hill - ironic.....!!!  I'm afraid you have lost the plot completely.
>
>
>jim
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sean M. Cary <SMCARY@MI*.CO*>
>To: bdi@wh*.ne* <bdi@wh*.ne*>; Stuart Morrison
><divebimbo@li*.fr*.co*.uk*>; TechDiver <TechDiver@aquanaut.com>
>Date: 5 May, 1999 16:32
>Subject: Re: Magazine Extracts
>
>
>>I guess us stoopid "Colonials" just miss the irony of some Brits (Never
>like
>>Benny Hill that much either...btw).  I tend to take someone with an e-mail
>>like "divebimbo" at face value most of the time.  Especially after they
>>argue about isolating doubles using suicide caribiners in a cave, while
>>diving solo.  Maybe there should be a Rule Number One to accepting e-mail?
>>
>>Silly me...stoopid colonial.
>>
>>Sean
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bdi@wh*.ne* <bdi@wh*.ne*>
>>To: Stuart Morrison <divebimbo@li*.fr*.co*.uk*>; Sean M. Cary
>><SMCARY@MI*.CO*>; TechDiver <TechDiver@aquanaut.com>
>>Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 10:56 PM
>>Subject: Re: Magazine Extracts
>>
>>
>>>At 10:31 PM 4/5/99 +0100, Stuart Morrison wrote:
>>>>> Then why did you post it?  Your silence either condemns it or condones
>>>>> it...leaving it to us to guess and based on your past posts about
>>>>personal
>>>>> preference and acceptance of strokism...it leads me to believe you
>>>>condone
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>Sean,
>>>You might have missed the irony of Stuart's remark - the
>>>written equivalent of a sort of helpless shrug. A shaking
>>>of the head in disbelief that this sort of idiocy
>>>continues.
>>>
>>>However, I take your point, and believe the magazine that
>>>publishes news or information about this stupidity, WITHOUT
>>>COMMENT, is guilty of condoning it. Or even promoting it.
>>>
>>>The responsible way for specialist press to deal with
>>>irresonsible idiocy is:
>>>
>>>DIVERS DIE. YOU LOSE!
>>>
>>>"Two British divers are trying to reach the pinnacle of
>>>mindless stupidity when they attempt to dive deeper than
>>>142 metres on air. The two divers involved, Mark Andrews
>>>and John Bennet, are a couple of clueless, long-stroke
>>>wankers.
>>>
>>>"There is enough evidence of the known toxicity of gasses
>>>under pressure to ensure that anyone who helps these two
>>>dickheads in their attempt is complicit in the crime of
>>>aiding a suicide and could (and should) face manslaughter
>>>charges.
>>>
>>>"If they die on their attempt, we only care because it
>>>will add weight to the already considerable pressure
>>>diving, and especially technical diving, is under from
>>>legislators and insurance companies.
>>>
>>>"On the other hand, Mark and John's deaths will raise the
>>>collective IQ of British divers by several points.
>>>
>>>etc."
>>>
>>>rgds billyw
>>>
>>
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