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Mike, post some of your real stuff and see if we can tell the difference. You have posted so much bullshit that it is no wonder this one got believed. Your real stuff is just as bad, if not worse, and the idea of "parody" is exactly to point that out, you moron. Michael J. Black wrote: > > Scott Bonis, > > I never wrote this! Somebody has made this up, using my name and > email address. Amazing what people (perverts) will do. Most likely > a disgruntled rec.scuba reader who went "postal." > > MJB > > --- ScottBonis@ao*.co* wrote: > > In a message dated 4/8/2000 12:26:16 AM US Mountain Standard Time, "Michael > > Black" <mjblackmd@ya*.co*> writes: > > > > << Yes!! Even if the day after a major heart attack someone > > is cleard by their doctor, then they are fine to go into > > the water and take responsibility for the lives of > > students. Since we have to go through years of training, > > we doctors will know more than any of you ever will. > > Drysuits are very reliable, so the pacemaker, IV drip, > > and piss bag should be well protected during the class. >> > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > I assume you are saying this with your tongue planted firmly in your cheek. > > Otherwise aren't you coming out possibly just a little too strong? > > > > Isn't it likely in a case such as this, that a physician would clear someone > > for an activity on the basis of not being able to find any contraindications? > > > > And isn't it possible that even with his "years of training," there just > > possibly might be a physician who might miss some factor? After all, half of > > > > the doctors practicing today are below average. And some of them were way > > down in their graduating classes. And aren't the minimum standards of some > > (possibly foreign) medical schools not quite as exacting as some of the more > > respected schools? > > > > Given this situation, wouldn't you agree that even though there may be no > > obvious limitation on the activities of an individual, waiting a reasonable > > amount of time would be a prudent action before putting the individual in a > > potentially highly stressed environment where the very lives of students may > > easily depend on the capabilities of the individual? > > > > Unfortunately I have no clear definition of "a reasonable amount of time." > > But I feel I owe it to my students to protect them from dangers over which I > > have control. And repeatedly demonstrating capability, rather than simply > > relying on the word of a single physician, would seem to fall under this > > responsibility. > > > > Wouldn't you agree? > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > -- > 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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