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| Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman Steve,
Firstly, no-one *easily* meets GUE requirements 
Secondly, I hope I don't actually go round telling everyone that GUE is superior. I do try to point out inaccuracies in what people say or believe about the agency or indeed claim can be achieved elsewhere. They are my opinions, though and it's why I am so keen on running the Discover DIR days where both the tone of how I actually *say* things can be appreciated and gives a great opportunity for people to ask questions where covering the finer points is difficult on a forum such as this.
You should know me well enough to know that I would have thought.
Rgrds
Mal |
I thought I did, but quite a few posts recently have made me think that perhaps I don't, that said hopefully you're right about tone and difficulty in getting a point across.
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| Originally Posted by the_negligent_snail This statement suggests that you agree GUE trained divers have a "Higher Status" - so something must have given you that impression - what?
My own feelings are that they have a system that has been tried and tested (by them) and that has now been adopted by many and is still growing. The sheer number of people who are taking the GUE-F course are increasing and when those divers are in the company of others, is it really surprising that they talk about their acheivments? That they are enthusiastic about the standards of diving and teamwork that goes to the core of the GUE system? That they are proud to have had their diving skills recognised by, lets face it, quite strict standards?
To my mind it is this enthusiasm that may be wrongly perceived by some as arrogance, but I dont think it is, after all, when you have a system (and standards) that are so vastly different to the "norms" of PADI and BSAC club diving there is a great deal to talk about and it may bore the pants off those who are happy in their own ways and that is the thing - |
It's a fine line between enthusiasm and arrogance, often as you say the difference being in the eye of the beholder but the sad fact is some see a GUE cert almost as a God given licence to denigrate others, it has always been so and IMO is still there in some, admittedly not as overt as in the past.
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| Originally Posted by the_negligent_snail I dont think anyone from GUE is saying that those methods are somehow wrong - just "Different". |
Or sub-optimal?
Safe diving,
Steve