OP
In August 2010 you posted that you were a new diver. I've been discussing DIR and arguing with GUE founders and original instructors over 10 times longer than you've been certified to dive. Your comment about being "slapped cyberly" by experienced DIR divers for misrepresenting the system goes both ways, except that the only DIR practictioner here that has commented on this thread agreed with me and was just being too nice to slap you.
Once again, DIR is about equipment and about using that equipment. The equipment, with minor exceptions, is mandated. How to use that equipment is also mandated. You can't have one without the other. That's why it's called a holistic system. By taking pieces here and there and applying them to your newbie wisdom and experience, you're mangling the system, are definitely not DIR, and are probably a danger to yourself and those around you. Have a nice day
I see you have been arguing more than discussing and still you refuse to see. So your point is? So what if you have been arguing for 500 years longer than I have dive? There was a saying, you can do something totally shi**y for 50 years and still call it experience. So if you point is that you have more experience than me, yup so be it. None of the DIR practitioners I know tell me DIR is ABOUT EQUIPMENT. As far as I know, while equipment plays a role, it is NOT the main focus as you have made it out to be.
Maybe the other DIR folks are really just being nice to me but IMHO, being nice to me means to correct my incorrect perception. If they are allowing me to rattle on thus creating a disservice to myself and the board in general, they are far from being nice. I have a feeling that is not the case (but I am willing to be corrected) so as of now, they do not agree with you as you claim (or you wouldn't be arguing with them in the first place).
Your perception of DIR divers is like, "Oh I feel cold so I should set myself on fire". When someone tells you that DIR divers dont do that but just set a fire to feel warm, you argue that "No, it says set a fire and therefore if you don't set yourself on fire you are mangling the system". You know what? If being experience end up being divers like yourself, I would rather much be a newbie.
Not that I am comparing myself to the legend, but Bruce Lee was a newbie when he kicked some serious ass.
You have a nice day too.
