There is a difference between discussing lessons learned with the focus on seeking to understand, vs. the type of "armchair quarterbacking" in which people simply say "well I never would have done that," with the hidden (or sometimes not so hidden) message being "I'm too smart to have made the same mistakes you did." The former is the reason this forum exists, and is a value to the dive community. The latter does nothing but make the person who told their story feel attacked and dumped-on...and results in fewer divers reporting their incidents.
Over the course of this thread there have been both types of comments. Honestly I can't remember where your comments fit in. If you're not sure which category your comments fell under, you might go back and review them. If they offered info of value to others seeking to learn and understand (and I'm sure at least some of them did), then great - thanks! But if you tossed out little barbs that served no purpose other than to highlight how a) I must be a moron for having done what I did, and/or b) you personally are too smart or well trained or superior in your diving skills and decision-making abilities to have made such mistakes, then...well, I guess that speaks for itself.
I have to assume this is a dig at ScubaPro, because I mentioned that the dive op rented out ScubaPro gear, and my husband's gear is ScubaPro? If so, I'm not sure this thread is the place to engage in such discussions. I know there are many differing opinions about gear configurations, manufacturers, etc...and people can be quite passionate and vociferous about their choices. (And something tells me you are a proponent of DIR - could be the Halcyon gear.) There are other forums for these types of discussions...which really aren't relevent in the context of this incident.
