Nice... someone that can actually think, rather than simply react to an assumption.
So, anyone who disagrees with you or sees things differently than you do just doesn't know how to think?
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Nice... someone that can actually think, rather than simply react to an assumption.
I would ask, so how would this woman prove it to the scubaboard members.
Name the man, name the resort. what kind of minefield would she walk into then.
Come on guys get real.
kyphur, you have misread my post.
The minefield she would have walked into is if you had stated the name of the resort and
instructor.
Thanks
In many ways that makes a lot of sense. Public hysteria is retarded when it comes to this subject, unfortuantely the "Wall of Silence" can serve to make people paranoid and see "offenders" around every corner.kyphur,
If this situation was in Aust, the moment she has made a complaint, she would be unable to state the name of the person or infact talk about the case. That is how our law works.
I kind of got that idea also, one of the reasons I wanted to clarify exactly what I meant.marinediva:you know, I feel we are both heading to the same destination, just on different modes of transport.
thanks
Considering the number of times a post like this appears on scubaboard, I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt to the poster, and offer the support someone in that position would need.
Questions to the validity may remain, but I am happy to just wonder and not express them as I believe they do more damage than good.
I would ask, so how would this woman prove it to the scubaboard members.
Name the man, name the resort. what kind of minefield would she walk into then.
Come on guys get real.
So, anyone who disagrees with you or sees things differently than you do just doesn't know how to think?
Honestly, she doesn't need to prove anything to anyone here.
She asked a question, she should get an answer...
She's not walking into a minefield.
The instructor walked into a minefield by taking a student out alone. I plan to eventually be an instructor but I WILL NEVER take a student out one on one unless I knew them and had previous experience with them regardless of their gender but especially if they are female.
As I stated earlier, my wife & 17 year old daughter both got certified this year and such an incident could have never happened to them.
Even if you take the sexual assault element out of the equation, a dive buddy/instructor is a position of great trust. Trust is something that is earned. I have a small group of divers who I consider my "Dive Buddies" and an even smaller group of trusted instructors.
I took Waynne's post a bit differently than some of y'all did ... I think he was saying that there's always (at least) two sides to every story. There's a tendency in cases like this to make assumptions based on only hearing one side. I'm not questioning the validity of that one side ... but until I hear the other, I'd prefer keeping an open mind.
I believe that's what he meant by "thinking" ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)