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From: "Mark Dixon" <jj@da*.co*>
To: "Michael J. Black" <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>
Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: DIR Jackpot!
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:13:50 +0100
Dear Dr Black

The fact is you are not a technical diver.

I have not learnt anything from any of your posts.  You are clearly
gloryseeking.

I subscribe to this mailing list to learn from others who are actually doing
the diving - even if I don't agree with everything said - what I have
learned is invaluable eg the 220 for 25 thread over new year.

Take some advice - F*#k OFF

Then perhaps we can get back to diving and stop wasting bandwidth on your
idiotic attention seeking.

Regards

Mark Dixon

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael J. Black <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>
To: Aquanaut Mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:12 AM
Subject: DIR Jackpot!


> Wow!!!  Bagged an elephant this time!  I'd better think of something
> good to respond to all the DIR hotheads with their "panties in a such
> a bunch" (thanks Trey, I learned that one from you).  First of all
> I am not trimix-certified, and believe it or not, one reason is I have
> an objection to TDI's requirement that Extended Range (on air) precede
> Trimix.  There are very limited opportunities to get trimix-certification
> in my area, but that is slowly changing.  I will not divulge how deep
> I have been on air, as if I haven't been crucified enough already.  Ha!!
> As I said in my introduction, my technical diving has been wreck, ice,
> advanced nitrox (TDI), decompression procedures (TDI), some cave (dived
> Akumal in early 80's, but wasn't cave-certified), and let's just say
> some "deep" air.  Diving medicine has been a second hobby, and I have
> been fortunate to have learned from some experts, whose names have
> already been bashed on this list, so keep guessing.
>
> Now listen up DIR clones.  You are still the bad guys.  Techdiver's
> reputation still sucks thanks to you loudmouthed jerks, and you damn
> well know it.  As I've said before, kicking this hornet's nest is just
> a scream, because there are so many holes in your system (with the
> biggest hole being your militant attitude) that you deserve to be
> bashed, eternal-damnation style.  And just so you don't hurt yourselves
> laughing too hard after reading this post, chew on this (a new myth fer
> ya):
>
> DIR:  Myths & Realities (3rd update)
>
> Myth 9:  George Irvine, DIR's founder, really cares about people and
> wants to help others recognize the error in their ways.  Reality:  Mr.
> Irvine is recognized worldwide first as a man who verbally attacks
> anyone who disagrees with his ideas, and secondly as the man who
> developed the DIR system of diving.  His internet postings are indicative
> of a paranoid sociopathic personality disorder, and typically such an
> individual has little or no conscience, and is not capable of caring
> or helping.
>
> To Review (once more):
>
> Myth 8:  DIR and its proponents have saved many student divers from
> certain danger and possible death, as taught by all other training
> agencies.  Reality:  No agency is trying to kill you.  The agencies
> that have been in the business longest have enviable safety records,
> a testimonial to their quality of instruction, given the inherent
> dangers involved in scuba.
>
> Myth 7:  DIR is a system for everybody.  Reality:  Personal preference
> is the system for everybody.  You have the right to choose DIR or the
> right to choose another system, or to incorporate useful parts of any
> system that suits your needs.  No single system will ever be the panacea
> for everybody.
>
> Myth 6:  DIR is a system based on experience and proven facts.  Reality:
> Although many DIR divers have experience in technical diving, there are
> many among them who extrapolate facts to the point of distortion,
> confusion, and lack of truth.  The message soon becomes lost in all
> the noise.
>
> Myth 5:  DIR is a new movement in scuba that will grow and someday
> surpass other systems.  Reality:  Tech diving will continue to grow,
> but the training agencies that will attract the most students are the
> ones with time-honored teaching skills, including respect, patience,
> and avoidance of name-calling such as DIR's infamous "stroke."
>
> Myth 4:  DIR is practised by the BEST divers in the world.  Reality:
> The BEST divers in the world are too busy diving and conducting research
> to be sitting around posting to techdiver, rec.scuba, the GUE list,
> Rodale's, or any other newsgroup in cyberspace.  The BEST divers in the
> world, with few exceptions, are conspicuously absent from these lists.
>
> Myth 3:  DIR uses safe procedures, both in and out of the water.
> Reality:  DIR uses procedures that do not comply with guidelines
established
> by NOAA and the U.S. Navy, including flying only three hours after a deep
> deco dive, in-water recompression for decompression accidents, diving
> well beyond recreational limits and simultaneously striving to shorten
> decompression times, exercising shortly after diving, plus others which
> are hardly safe.
>
> Myth 2:  DIR is useful for cave diving, but can be applied to ALL forms
> of diving.  Reality:  Very few people use DIR outside of cave diving,
> because the system is inflexible and impractical.  In fact DIR teaches
> using NO COMPUTER, only a bottom timer, hardly a practical recommendation
> nowadays.
>
> Myth 1:  DIR has had no fatalities or accidents.  Reality:  Bobby
McGuirre,
> a WKPP/DIR diver, died while diving DIR in a cave, and represents at least
> one accident DIR cannot deny.
>
> MJB :-)))
>
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