Billy, this guy is having his strings pulled for sure. What is really
interesting is what little they "have on us", and how restentful they
are. 

He is actually giving us a great opportunity to hammer our favorite
idiots and mutillate our favorite stroke gear. 


billy@bd*.co*.au* wrote:
> 
> At 02:15 PM 3/9/99 -0700, tgunther@co*.co* wrote:
> >Jess:
> > I realize that it is quite clicky (yes, like high school girls
> >trying to emulate the cheerleaders) on this List to merely take
> >George's opinion on everything as holy-grail, but the simple
> >truth of the matter is that God did not send down golden tablets
> >on which was written what the best comprimises are within each
> >category.   And no, George is not God, and the WKPP are not all
> >rum-soaked descendents from Blackbeard himself.
> 
> Tod, you are correct. But only about God and the golden
> tablets. The rest is your usual maliciously conceived
> and hopelessly expressed bullshit.
> 
> If you stop to think (which will be a novel sensation
> for you) you will realise that the WKPP and people like
> George, Bill, Dan and Jess have more experience doing
> real dives in real conditions than you, me or anyone
> I've heard of.
> 
> They have had the opportunity to try out more kinds of
> equipment from more manufacturers than anyone on these
> lists, and probably anyone in the world. And they are
> good enough to share their experiences, and from them
> make firm recommendations.
> 
> You can choose to ignore their advice. That is the
> kind of self-defeating stupidity I would expect from
> someone with the muy grande ego of a stroke and a chip
> on his shoulder as big as yours. But I, and a good
> many others welcome the fact that the efforts of George
> Irvine and his associates, in the water, on video, in
> print and on the internet spare us the hazards and the
> expense of being dive store marks and equipment
> manufacturers' crash test dummies.
> 
> On the one hand, Tod, we get unanimous and cohesive
> agreement as to the best equipment, configurations and
> procedures for cave and ocean diving from these
> enormously dedicated, experienced and competent people -
> recommendations which are validated 100% anytime
> anyone tries them, in cave and ocean everywhere from
> Scandinavia to Australia.
> 
> On the other hand we have Tod Gunter honking and moaning
> and chipping away, blind to the fact that they count for
> something and you count for nothing but ignorance and
> bad grace.
> 
> But there's something not-quite-right here. There's a
> massive contradiction between the purposefulness of your
> vendetta and the incompetence with which you pursue it.
> 
> I don't think you're working alone here. I suspect there
> are at least two of you and we are witnessing the
> internet equivalent of ventriloquism.
> 
> Tod, we can all see that you are the dummy. What I
> really want to know is who's got his hand up your ass?
> 
> rgrds    billyw
> 
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