captain
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Soggy:I'd say the opposite. We are increasing the dumb diver gene pool. A smart diver won't go in even with a light if they aren't properly trained whereas a dumb diver will. Thus, we are pushing against natural selection and allowing people who would otherwise be removed from the gene pool to survive.
In principle, I think the rule is bad and would rather see freedom rule over idiocy, but in practice, it's probably better for everyone since the sites would just get closed down.
Actually we finally found something we agree on. I agree it is a stupid rule just like not allowing the use of doubles in some situations if you don't have a deco cert. My post was a bit of sarcasm about trying to protect people from themselves.