Chritsian - I don't get it - if you know about DIR and all the advantages of it
why not Do It Right ??

Eric


On Thu, 05 Aug 1999 21:03:09 +1000, Christian Gerzner wrote:

>Folks,
>
>Allow me, please, to firstly say that I am _not_ a DIR diver and
>secondly that I do _not_ consider that I have been on this list for time
>long enough to be considered a veteran. Equally I have been known, even
>to this day, to have dived on air to depths that the WKPP would
>definitely consider, uhhh, farmyard animal stupid springs to mind. The
>flame suit is herewith ON.
>
>Yet, periodically, I have come across posts such as some recently
>criticising George's style of, yes, somewhat colourful invective when
>he, in turn, criticises what he considers to be fundamentally flawed
>methods of technique.
>
>However I _have_ been here long enough to understand his, and those of
>the other members of the WKPP who are vocal here, entirely obvious,
>continuing and extreme (to put it mildly) frustration, I repeat
>FRUSTRATION and that is the name of the game, with the other "tech"
>agencies who, increasingly it would seem, bury their heads in the sand.
>
>Has, say, IANTD positively responded to even ONE suggestion of the WKPP?
>I will be delighted to be corrected if they have!
>
>I believe that this is the principal reason why George et al are so
>"froth at the mouth" vocal on this list and, it would seem, they have
>(at least) some right to be so. If only because they never got anywhere
>using less aggressive tactics ... whether these more aggressive tactics
>will work remains to be seen. To date they have not and its been some
>time now.
>
>This may actually have more to do with the "head in the sand" attitude
>than aggressiveness, but who knows.
>
>Whilst I have never met George and, living in Oz it is sadly unlikely
>that I will, I have met others who have and they _ALL_ have said that he
>is a charming man which in fact is consistent with the way he conducts
>himself when on TV, which I have seen.
>
>So, for those detractors of his style on this forum you should bear in
>mind that on paper (as it were) it might seem that a person can be
>either a rogue or a gentleman/lady (that last is politically correct
>alpha order).
>
>But how do you know? Because you, all of you, quite simply CANNOT! Nor
>can I.
>
>They do say: "Don't judge a book by its cover".
>
>At the very least George wears his heart on his sleeve. Now, how many
>others of us can say this?
>
>Christian
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