Boogie711
Guest
Entanglements cant be a argument, because you can get entangled without one.
I can't accept this argument. That's equivalent to saying "I'm going swimming with large grappling hooks and carabiners all over my gear into some fish-nets. But entanglements can't be an argument, because I can also get entangled if I didn't have all this gear."
Silly, yes. But it uses the same logic.
Look - I think I can summarize this quite easily. I don't use a pony, because much like Uncle Pug, I think it gives people a false sense of security and is not necessary. There's nothing a Pony will do for me that a good buddy and situational awareness won't handle, and if I don't have either of those two things, then I just don't dive. Period. And yes, that IS an option for everyone. You can't say "That's not an option for me because I dive solo" or whatever else because, guess what Sherlock - you can choose not to dive solo too.
I think that everyone agrees that the mighty divers of Scubaboard are wonderful, omnipotent beings who understand that lesser divers may not have situational awareness. Thank goodness no one on this board has that problem.
I think everyone also agrees that they would never make the mistakes that stupid people make. Yeah, right...
I'm not going to give myself the option. I dive with a buddy, and I maintain situational awareness. There isn't a situation that anyone has presented on here that makes carrying a pony a BETTER option for me. My pony is my buddy's backgas. It's the best type of pony to have - it follows me around and will even cut me out of entanglements. Why would I want a stupid pony that just sits on my back and won't cut me out of anything?
I can't accept this argument. That's equivalent to saying "I'm going swimming with large grappling hooks and carabiners all over my gear into some fish-nets. But entanglements can't be an argument, because I can also get entangled if I didn't have all this gear."
Silly, yes. But it uses the same logic.
Look - I think I can summarize this quite easily. I don't use a pony, because much like Uncle Pug, I think it gives people a false sense of security and is not necessary. There's nothing a Pony will do for me that a good buddy and situational awareness won't handle, and if I don't have either of those two things, then I just don't dive. Period. And yes, that IS an option for everyone. You can't say "That's not an option for me because I dive solo" or whatever else because, guess what Sherlock - you can choose not to dive solo too.
I think that everyone agrees that the mighty divers of Scubaboard are wonderful, omnipotent beings who understand that lesser divers may not have situational awareness. Thank goodness no one on this board has that problem.
I think everyone also agrees that they would never make the mistakes that stupid people make. Yeah, right...
I'm not going to give myself the option. I dive with a buddy, and I maintain situational awareness. There isn't a situation that anyone has presented on here that makes carrying a pony a BETTER option for me. My pony is my buddy's backgas. It's the best type of pony to have - it follows me around and will even cut me out of entanglements. Why would I want a stupid pony that just sits on my back and won't cut me out of anything?