Yes, that's reasonable. Can I ask? Does your field involve threat to life or health, should the individual make the wrong choices?
I do want to be clear, I advocate appropriate training for advanced diving activities, which if done wrong, pose a significant threat to life. "Appropriate training" does not necessarily mean a formal certification course - it just means access and involvement with practical and theoretical expertise. I, personally, don't give a hoot about 'licenses' and c-cards. When it comes to diving, the proof is in the pudding, as we Brits say.. That said, for the vast majority of divers, the only realistic access to such expertise is through a formal, paid, course.
View attachment 176402
Andy, if you read post #234 or my bio, you know that I am in the medical field. Specifically a nurse practitioner. And it is my nursing background that is most often associated with patient advocacy. There is another concept that might be related between our fields, paternalism.
So back to your question, yes, there are indeed life and health decisions made everyday in my office.
Second, at the risk of reserrecting this thread, I at no time suggested or requested any action that was beyond or outside PADI or for that matter TDI course requirments. But it was obviously outside the comfort zone of the instructors participating in this thread. At the risk of hijacking lowviz's thread, I tried to discuss a related idea that immediately received a knee jerk response "you are going to die." And your attachment is just another example of the loaded language approach that is common here on SB and perhaps demonstrates your attitude toward your fellow divers and students even better than your words.
But that's all history now.