>Well said Allyson!
>
>Furthermore Wendell, just because one might be a fundamentalist, does not
>mean that one is "foaming at the mouth", unless that is how you describe
>everyone who doesn't have the same religious beliefs as you, assuming that
>you have some religious beliefs.  In addition, "foaming at the mouth" (as
>you put it), even Falwell's, is nowhere near the same level of "lunacy" as
>perpetrating the acts of terror that were seen this week (in my humble but
>accurate opinion).

I happen to be an ordained deacon in one of the better known Protestant sects. 
I also did a minor in comparative religion in college.  I am extremely familiar
with the 
teachings of Msrs. Falwell et alia.  Obviously he does not advocate mass
murder.  However, xenophobia and homophobia mixed with the midset that sees an
act of mass 
mahem as "God's Will" is warped.  And, as Allyson pointed out, those statements
had absolutely nothing to do with Christianity any more than Tuesday's events
had to 
do with Islam.

>Now lets get back to arguing about dive gear/procedures.  I'll start:
>
>Wendell, did you really fix that "broke d - - -" hose coming out of your
>first stage that went almost straight up in the air?  Hell, I thought you
>were going to show us how to do some surface supplied diving that day!  I
>was just looking at pics I took of the "VB Tech Invitational Dive" and I
>couldn't find any that provided evidence that you fixed it! <VBG>


If you would like confirmation, ask JT, he and I were talking about it in
between dives.  Posting an "after" picture wouldn't have been as funny, which
is what the whole 
thing was all about anyway.  I can hardly wait till my son gets back from
college and sees the "award" they put on his tanks (his were empty so I mixed
them and brought 
them to VA with me :-)

>Dave Dalton


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