Yesterday I started a thread that seemed to offend several people, and for that I am sorry. Obviously my writing skills are poor, because the intent of my post was not to judge or insult anyone, yet it seems I did. For myself, it is sometimes difficult to transfer the tone of my thoughts into the written word and I guess I failed. For now on I will be more careful.
The idea of my post was intended to ask if there was a correlation between self control and diving skills - NOT an issue of weight. I used weight (as well as drinking and smoking) as examples, and took one side strongly simply to promote thought, not to offend anyone. No one responded about the smoking or drinking - just the weight issue, which is my fault because I overstated it in the example.
My intent was simply a hypothetical example to promote ideas and I never ment to attack anyone personally. Yet people felt personally attacked and then personally attacked me:
"Because...personally...a guy pushing 50 who can barely read his gauges (http://www.scubaboard.com/showthrea...&threadid=27132) and who has been out of the water long enough to need a refresher with the fat lady ain't my first choice of buddy."
(By the way, I never called the lady "fat", yet several other posts did.)
"I think she shouldn't buddy with you"
"Fat people have no self control, according to Rick Inman, so they should not participate in scuba diving.
This is the lamest thing I have ever heard on this board.
There, you have been flamed."
(I never said this and I don't think it. I even said that obesity can be a medical issue, not a self control issue)
"I was trying to think of a way to say exactly that without completely bashing ol Rick.
I couldn't."
"Man...talk about not making friends...whew...you might want to consider creating another account and not use this one anymore."
(I'm thinking about it now!)
"For examply, if I were to "judge" someone as a diver by how they post, I might be excluding YOU as a possible dive buddy"
I did not address anyone personally and ment no offense, and I am sorry if I did offend. I really don't know where I stand on the self control issue (again, not WEIGHT) and thought that bouncing it off you guys would help. It was intended for my own appraisal of my self and looking at where I should change, but I guess I blew that. I am personally on a diet and excercise plan right now (I'm 18 pounds over) and so maybe that is what provoked the thought. I want to be the best diver I can and thought that some discussion might give me food for thought, but instead I offended, and for that I am sorry. I was using hypothetical exapmles (my wife doesn't even dive) which was why I was asking questions, not making factual statements. For a while, I think I will stick to just reading posts...
Rick
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The idea of my post was intended to ask if there was a correlation between self control and diving skills - NOT an issue of weight. I used weight (as well as drinking and smoking) as examples, and took one side strongly simply to promote thought, not to offend anyone. No one responded about the smoking or drinking - just the weight issue, which is my fault because I overstated it in the example.
My intent was simply a hypothetical example to promote ideas and I never ment to attack anyone personally. Yet people felt personally attacked and then personally attacked me:
"Because...personally...a guy pushing 50 who can barely read his gauges (http://www.scubaboard.com/showthrea...&threadid=27132) and who has been out of the water long enough to need a refresher with the fat lady ain't my first choice of buddy."
(By the way, I never called the lady "fat", yet several other posts did.)
"I think she shouldn't buddy with you"
"Fat people have no self control, according to Rick Inman, so they should not participate in scuba diving.
This is the lamest thing I have ever heard on this board.
There, you have been flamed."
(I never said this and I don't think it. I even said that obesity can be a medical issue, not a self control issue)
"I was trying to think of a way to say exactly that without completely bashing ol Rick.
I couldn't."
"Man...talk about not making friends...whew...you might want to consider creating another account and not use this one anymore."
(I'm thinking about it now!)
"For examply, if I were to "judge" someone as a diver by how they post, I might be excluding YOU as a possible dive buddy"
I did not address anyone personally and ment no offense, and I am sorry if I did offend. I really don't know where I stand on the self control issue (again, not WEIGHT) and thought that bouncing it off you guys would help. It was intended for my own appraisal of my self and looking at where I should change, but I guess I blew that. I am personally on a diet and excercise plan right now (I'm 18 pounds over) and so maybe that is what provoked the thought. I want to be the best diver I can and thought that some discussion might give me food for thought, but instead I offended, and for that I am sorry. I was using hypothetical exapmles (my wife doesn't even dive) which was why I was asking questions, not making factual statements. For a while, I think I will stick to just reading posts...
Rick
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