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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 06:39:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ryan McNabb <longrifles@ya*.co*>
Subject: Re: More bad media
To: Techdiver Mailing List <techdiver@aquanaut.com>

--- Paul L <pldive@vi*.co*> wrote:
So they
> get narced, 
> trapped under wreckage, lost again, still narced and bolt to
> the surface hoping 
> someone on the boat can help them. Why print such an article
> for the public to 
> read? How about something positive about this "sport". 
> Just a rant.

Quite simple, really:  good news is no news.  Imagine a headline
saying "Tens of thousands of women not raped last night."  The
story isn't that they dived, the story is that they died.  What
truly sucks is that people extrapolate the deaths of the few to
characterize the practices of the many.  A few stories like this
hit the local press and before you know it, you're a death
defying stunt diver, and doors start closing in your face.  You
won't be able to buy helium for your daughter's birthday
balloons, let alone your own tanks.  That's the true cost of
idiocy in the water.  You muck it up for everyone else,
especially your poor family, who has to bury you.

Ryan McNabb

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