netmage:You mean he was so hung up on it that he wouldn't take in a bunny dive in paradise?
You have to admire someone who has principals and the discipline to follow them.
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netmage:You mean he was so hung up on it that he wouldn't take in a bunny dive in paradise?
netmage:You mean he was so hung up on it that he wouldn't take in a bunny dive in paradise?
DA Aquamaster:Boogie pretty much hit it on the nose. The choice to name it "Doing it Right" in my opinon, was a mistake because it naturally implies everything else is "Doing it Wrong."
Cave Diver:From my own perspective, I didn't care what it was named. I was more interested in the results obtained and I looked into it further because of the controversy it generated.
Where there's smoke, there's usually fire...
Doc Intrepid:"Hung up" has such negative overtones...
Lets substitute the word "commitment".
If you are committed to the system, then you elect not to dive rather than dive under conditions where variables such as equipment and buddy are complete unknowns.
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What I've never had adequately explained to me is how the same people who get their knickers in a twist over "Do It Right" have absolutely no problem with the company named "Dive Rite".Cave Diver:IMHO, and take this for whatever you feel it's worth, if someone wants to remain close minded to a potentially better way of doing something simply because the term for that way is not "politically correct," then it's their loss.
Cave Diver:In the article that I wrote regarding DIR it was noted that the phrase was not originally coined by GI3, JJ, GUE, or any of their associates. It came from the title of a magazine/newspaper article and just kind of "stuck."
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roakey:What I've never had adequately explained to me is how the same people who get their knickers in a twist over "Do It Right" have absolutely no problem with the company named "Dive Rite".
Supposedly the same complaint could be applied -- if I don't use "Dive Rite" equipment, I'm diving wrong, right?
pipedope:There is really nothing wrong with the DIR system as taught by GUE (and trademarked by Halcyon) but it is not the only choice.
Anytime anyone tells me they have the one and only true way then I know they are full of something that I don't want. This is true in politics, religion, science and especially diving.
In the begining you don't need to know all the reasons but you will eventually if you continue to train and progress.