Well said, Jim. Matthias Jim Holcomb schrieb: > > I know we have already discussed this once, but let's try again. The REASON > why some people seem to carry more influence on rec.scuba than they should > is because there are some (with no personal technical experience) that > insist on trying to be a cheerleader for George and his team. When your > general diving population reads some of these folks posts and later learn > that they have no personal experience in the area they are trying to speak > it adds credibility to those who have some technical experience but insist > on doing it wrong. The folks on rec.scuba are rec divers. They will listen > to the person who seems to have the most experience on a particular > subject - right or wrong. On the flip side - when folks lacking experience > in a particular arena attempt selling of a philosophy it results in the rest > of us being called DIR fanatics, mindless drones, George wannabes, WKPP > wannabes and the list goes on. > With George and his team's list of accomplishments, they are quite capable > of spreading the word and educating the recreational diving population, in > general, and the technical diving population, specifically. > So as a favor to me and many other inexperienced cave and wreck divers who > have adopted the DIR philosophy toward our diving..........Please......Shut > up! > > Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Farmer" <jack@ma*.th*.co*> > To: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>; "Sally Hooper" <sallyhpr@ea*.ne*> > Cc: "Marie" <scubagirl@di*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:18 AM > Subject: Re: DCS incident > > > Ya know Trey over in rec.scuba HE would be considered to be a supreme > authority > > on Tech diving. > > > > Man it just keeps going on and on and on and on etc....... > > > > I finally REALLY understand why you seem at times short tempered. > > > > hahaha > > > > Safe Diving. > > > > L8R -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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