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Al, did they have any boat monkeys to teach you to use the guns at 150 feet on air? ajmarve@ba*.ne* wrote: > > Kevin, > > Perhaps a life example may better illustrate my perspective. > > In the Army I was subjected to 4 weeks straight of physical and mental torture. > Mainly this was based upon successfully < or not> following simple sets of rules > and procedures. After this period I allowed to play with a machine gun on my own > without direct and immediate supervision. > > The people who couldnt handle the yelling and the running and the push ups, > couldnt add two plus two or tie the left shoe before the right shoe < and no > farting about WHY do we tie it this way, why cant i do it my way, cant we go lie > down, isnt this way just as good, i want my mommy,etc>, they didnt get the > machine guns. > > Ever. > > And why?? > > Because they lacked the emotional maturity and psychological stability to not be > a danger to themselves and others. > > I see the same problem people in diving, only nobody is there to keep them from > their visas and their bc's. I dont think email is the problem, its the people > who object to it that i question. > > At least a bc doesnt have a 1000m effective range................... > > regards, > > Al Marvelli > > Kevin Pickering wrote: > > > > > > > > At 07:31 17/02/00 , ajmarve@ba*.ne* wrote: > > > > > > > If you cant take dirty words and mean people, you probably dont have > > the > > > >mindset to put in to practice all the other things that will make you > > > >successful, where sucess is defined as staying alive. > > > > > > More rubbish. > > > > Let's make something clear. You can't fault a lot of what George says, DIR > > is the way to dive. The problem is why should people log onto Tech Diver and > > listen to opinionated, egocentric pondlife trying to come up with the best > > put - down. This is the reason there is a backlash against DIR. It makes it > > very difficult to promote DIR when it is associated with the Tech Diver > > list. > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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