Posted by kelphead on December 22, 1999 at 04:50:59:
In Reply to: Re: Missing diver posted by Brian Park on December 21, 1999 at 11:43:25:
CALM DOWN!
where, oh, where in any of these posts does it condemn
korean divers based on their ethnicity???!!! i did
not read such nonsense, but it sure sounds to me
like you're a little sensitive about this issue.
as a muslim, i know very well what prejudice is all
about, but i did not see what you implied in your
post in any of the threads here.
as i recall, one poster corrected another and said
that the cut out tank bottom strategy was NOT employed by
the 'ksda'. also, if i remember correctly, i posted about
the illegal abalone ring that was caught by f&g
out of oxnard(?) several months ago and that was not
by the 'ksda', from what i understood.
what i interpreted from people on this board--as
well as an employee from 'reef seekers' when i visited
there today (tues dec 21)--is that the 'ksda' is
notorious for its disregard of the f&g laws, just
as other people are, and that the 'ksda' is refused
service by dive boat ops in this area directly b/c
of this alleged arrogance.
it's one thing for you to try and defend the reputation
of the 'ksda' and to try and explain what perhaps
has been misunderstood or misinterpreted by others,
and it's quite a different thing to make yourself
out to be some sort of victim that you are not.
so, quit your ethnic/racial overtones!!
kelphead.
ps. and either 'overseer' is being extremely sarcastic
to the point where his/her post loses meaning, or
that person also needs to learn some manners...