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At 07:31 17/05/00 , Paul Johnston wrote: >Mike, > >WOW - did I touch a nerve or something or are we just in a sensitive mood? >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael J. Black [mailto:mjblackmd@ya*.co*] >Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 13:07 >To: Paul Johnston >Subject: Re: DIR - v - BLACK. MD? > >Paul, > >Are you unable to find my introduction in the archives? I'll have >to look for yours, sometime. As you will post this yourself, I won't >bother. You see Paul, once upon a time, George liked me and wanted >to see an M.D. on the techdiver list (I may still have his post >filed away), but that all changed when I started posting things he >didn't like hearing, especially from a physician with diving medical >knowledge. Unfortunately, Black isn't a 'physician' in the sense he would like us to believe. He is in fact an optometrist - a lasik jockey. His knowledge of diving medicine is laughable. He may, however, be in a position to supply some prescription lenses for your mask. He came on to this list and posted (as if it was his own knowledge) some of the more outdated information from 20 and 30 year old diving texts which have been superceded by more contemporary experience and knowledge. Take his 'adaptation to nitrogen narcosis' post for example. He claimed that "Prolonged and frequent exposures give some degree of adaptation." What the poor sook didn't know was that this steal from Lippmann was a misinterpretation of Edmonds Lowry & Pennefather's observation which referred exclusively to caisson workers and saturation divers involved in saturation exposures over a number of WEEKS not hours, and cannot in any way be extrapolated to recreational technical diving. But when this was pointed out to him, did he change his position? Not at all. This guy is pathologically incapable of admitting mistakes, as in the following deluded bullshit: > Things like adaptation to nitrogen narcosis, or dysbaric >osteonecrosis in old knee injuries (how's that knee George?), or >my corrections to the know-it-alls who emphatically stated Lasik >eye surgery doesn't require a knife, or anabolic steroids are used >to treat lung injuries. It became painfully obvious that too many >regulars on techdiver, including George himself, were F.O.S. It was >obvious to me as a physician, but also as a diver, and that just >didn't sit well with the DIR gods, so I was cast out and told >to S.T.F.U. I really don't mind being a cast-out, as I feel I'm in >rather distinguished company. I even get occasional praises > from long-departed whipping boys whose names I won't mention. > And lastly, >as I've said before, I've gotta admit that kicking this hornet's >nest can be a scream, watching the DIR fools writhe in their own >idiocy. As for my diving credentials, they've been posted too, but >let's just say I dive alot (over twenty years, and 1000 logged dives >in the last ten) and in fact, I'm going diving tonight after work. The clown prince also distinguished himself (or rather, soiled himself) over on the rec. scuba list where, among other stupidities he claimed, in the context of overhead dives, it was perfectly acceptable to dive with a pony of hot mix as a bail-out option. The example he recommended gave a pp02 of 1.9. On the techdiver list this bullshit is easily recognised. Fortunately, wiser minds prevailed on the rec.scuba list too, and the clown prince had his asshole handed to him over there as well. Since then, Black has distinguished himself by allowing that chip on his shoulder against George and the WKPP to grow, and to lead him into a pitiable exhibition of spite, petty vengefulness, emotional instability and habitual lying in his frantic attempts to shake the foundations of DIR. Take the stuff about George's knee for example. This is despite the fact that it was pointed out to him that George had knee- surgery for an old football injury. And observe his repetitive bullshit about Bobby McGuirre's death. This comes after the real story of Bobby's death was presented to the list a number of times. For an optometrist, Black is strangely blind to the truth. If this guy were my optometrist, I would fire him. He is dishonest and untrustworthy, incapable of learning, and harbours a grudge to the point where it affect his reason. If he practiced in Australia, I would send some of his more dangerous posts and his life-threatening 'advice' to his medical registration board with a request they investigate and restrain this eye doctor from dispensing advice on diving medicine under the banner of 'M.D.' since (as has been pointed out on these lists by real diving physiologists and researchers) he has a poor understanding of the concepts involved, and is incapable of or too lazy to cross-reference and validate the texts he presents as his own. And he's a bit of a fruit-loop to boot. On the other hand, there are a couple of up-sides to his transparent perfidy. He serves as a "stand-up, look-at-me, I'm-a-dickhead" example of everything that is wrong with our sport, thus he makes bullshit easier to spot. And if anyone ever feels like fucking the list goat there will be no shortage of volunteers to help hold Black down. rgrds billyw >--- Paul Johnston <Johnston@tw*.ca*> wrote: > > Mike, > > > > I am relatively new to the list and basically have been sitting back and > > watching as the crescendo of e-mails erupts around you on a constant >basis. > > Why is this? > > > > Maybe for the sake of those of us who don't 'know' you, you could give us >a > > list of your diving credentials so to speak. > > > > All of us wait with bated breath in anticipation of your reply. > > > > Paul Johnston. > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send instant messages & get email alerts 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'. 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