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At 06:45 20/10/99 , Dave Sutton wrote: >Kevin Flynn so carfefully wrote many things, which include: > > >YOU ARE A JUVENILE, MORON AND A BIG MOUTH. > >ALL YOU KNOW IS CONFRONTATION, AND ARGUMENTS. > > >I second that. Frankly, if I wanted to read juvenile insults I'd go read >the usenet newsgroups. Irvine quickly got added to my killfile, and it >amazes me why anyone listens to his drivel. Because, son, notwithstanding your spam-in-a-can experiences, he knows more about diving than you ever will, He cares more about safety than you can understand. And what he writes isn't drivel. This is drivel... >The fact that a man can >do well in one small specialized area of his life does not make up for >the fact that he's a complete ass who makes a fool of himself everytime >he opens his mouth or writes an insult-ridden, obscenty-laden missive >that nobody really cares about. The hubris and arrogance that he puts >forth IE: That -he- and he alone are diving safely while the rest of us play >games, is a laugh. I've been a participant in 'technical' diving for 25 or >more years, worked on a NE dive boat specializing in deep wreck diving >for 15 years, ran a dive shop catering to wreck and cave divers for 10 >years, worked offshore as a sat diver and did 45 day long 1000+ open >ocean diving work, (etc., etc... ad nauseum), and I consider myself to >be a -student- in the grand scheme of things. So while -good- divers keep >their ears and eyes open for new and better ways to do things, there >are a few people that think they know it all and refuse any contemplation >of the fact that there may be a better way. > >So, George, from all of us who are sick of yer crap: Bugger off. From the >rest >of the group, I ask a shunning of the attention-seeking whacko. Perhaps if >we >ignore him he'll go rant someplace else. It's a shame when what should be a >polite arena for dissemination of technique and sharing of camaraderie and >fun (remember that word, George, -FUN- ??) turns into a stomach churning >mission arriving in email every day. There are -lots- of skilled guys (and >gals) >and -lots- of appropriate techniques that we use in this sport. The -one- >technique >that we -all- can apply here is a good dose of civility. > > >Regards to all and apologies to none, > > >Dave Sutton -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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