Chrpai, Dude…you need to shut down your computer and godiving.
IMO the moderators have a tough job and a valuable role. The anonymity of an internet post is an invitation(for some) to say things that they would never say in person. Left unmoderated a few “flamers” could reallydamage the entire scubaboard as a place of entertainment, learning and yes, the SB business…online vandalism if you will. What's wrong with SB defending their business?
Heated discussionsare common in the technical-diving forums where the divers are more experienced,the equipment/techniques are more complex, and the egos can be somewhat “expanded”. This all leads to stronger opinions and someinappropriate comments, but there is still a lot to learn.
The only case ofoutright censorship I have seen was a thread over a year ago on aspearfisherman’s death in the Gulf of Mexico. To sum it up, the deceased diver planned a dive to over 200’ with astarting psi on a tank that equaled about 65 cuft of air. He disappeared beneath an oil rig in waterfar too deep for a recovery and was never seen again. In the thread announcing his friend’s death,his dive buddy outlined the dive plan and later defended it as normal andsafe. He even mentioned (and defended)drinking beer between dives. Needless tosay the thread exploded with those critical of such diving and with thosedefending such diving. There was a lot of flaming in both directions,but there was also an honest discussion about dive planning, bounce diving,levels of training, deep diving on air, etc. After a couple of days the entire thread disappeared…not just theflaming posts…the entire thread…and the honest discussion of this accident wasshut down along with the mudslinging.
