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I agree completely. No one is holding a gun to someone's head, to say - "be a butthole and make your organization look bad".@Jax there's a lot of denial among some cave divers in regards to this. They want to blame the internet rather themselves for being gossipers. No chance of correcting this until they identify the real problem. That's def not ScubaBoard or the internet.
So, I got slammed for being an Internet Diver, and told I could learn something "other than typing on a computer" by the workshop Chair himself.
Jax:I don't see this around Marianna (yeah, yeah, I know there is instructors feuding; I wasn't there, I didn't experience it, and I will not be drawn into it.) -
Jax:Before you guys bash one another -- the rest of us, the "run-of-the-mill" divers - are reading, watching, and wondering, what are you saying about me behind my back? If you cannot have professional respect for each other, or enact professional ethics and standards . . . . What do you think we are thinking of YOU?
We vote with our pocketbook. I hope you remember that.
I know I'm going. Should be fun and informative.The reality is you probably could learn something at the event.
I've been on a boat with Jax... she actually dives. Calling her an "internet diver" is such a cheap shot and it's designed to simply shut her up. She's not afraid to ask inconvenient questions but that's no reason to try and silence her with insults. Yes, she's probably spoiled here on SB where we don't allow such personal attacks or hijacks. The point of a forum is to encourage communication and not to slap people down. That doesn't mean we can't disagree or even be critical of each other's actions, but there's a line that shouldn't be crossed.
I know I'm going. Should be fun and informative.
If it won't interfere with the conference, sure.Let's go dive Cow Friday afternoon. Do it OC, you'll be thankful for that.