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>>The common theme is George > dissecting each fatality and some in the anti-DIR > crowd, more often then not Tom Mount, justifying the > deviation from DIR protocol directly in the face of > the fatality. I remember one incident at Diepolder where a guy died. An Australian, I believe. It wasn't an IANTD dive, it had nothing to do with IANTD, but everybody latched onto Mount like vultures screaming that HE was responsible for this man's death. He pointed out the man wasn't an IANTD diver, but of course it didn't do him any good. Tom Mount hasn't posted here in several years, in fact I dont' think he ever posted here except when people cc'd him accusing him of all sorts of vile things and he'd have to come here to defend himself - he doesn't post on any public forums. George Irvine is a great diver, but a lousy ambassdor for DIR. As his friend, you do him no favors by being one of his apologists. Yes, he's never going to change, this has been going on since 1995 (all the way back into the archives that I can get) and we'll never know how many potential DIRists he's driven away. Whether it's because they're ''too sensitive to be real men'' or just guys tired of chest-beating doesn't matter. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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