LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #20   Report Post  
Oci-One Kanubi
 
Posts: n/a
Default newbie at the pool

"Michael Daly" typed:

I've got to hand it to you, willy boy - there
are only a handful of idiots that have made it onto
the r.b.p ****list and you did it in record time.

Mike


Interesting, isn't it, Michael, the way Willie What has this elaborate
simile system comparing "wealthy" instructors (and those
non-instructors who believe in learning from the hard-earned
experience of others) to followers of a "religion", much the way
another polluter of r.b.p has this elaborate mental construct about
instructors "murdering schoolchildren" for personnal gain. There
seems to be a common paranoid thread running through the messages of
both of these very dangerous (to the uninitiated, who might follow
their advice) men.

The difference, in my eyes, is that Watt has a reasonable, commonsense
theory WITHIN THE CONTEXT of the calmwater boating he does. To float
around a pond or flat stream fishing or birdwatching does not require
any expertise as a paddler, hence it is not really a very good value
to pay for instruction or for expensive special-purpose boats for that
activity, and you can, indeed, teach yerself all the skills you need
to engage in the activity relatively safely. Watt's problem, though,
was that he was blinded by his own context, and did not think about
the consequences of his assertions in other contexts: offshore
kayaking and whitewater boating, which are both hazardous endeavors.
When practitioners of those more dangerous sports/hobbies took Watt to
task for what was dangerous advice in THOSE contexts, he became
defensive and dogmatic, and now he's gone over the top.

Well, come to think of it, the other guy has a reasonable device, too,
if HE could just learn to discuss it in anything but extreme and
absolutist terms. Looks like a very similar pathology in both cases:
a kernel of common sense within certain contexts, twisted all out of
proportion by an attempt to apply it universally, and then carried
into extreme rants by an inability to discuss the matter rationally.

-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
--
================================================== ====================
Richard Hopley, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net 1-301-775-0471
Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll.
rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu 1-336-713-5077
OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters.
================================================== ====================


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Newbie Lubricating Outdrive Glenn General 5 May 8th 04 12:52 AM
Dumb Newbie Question Concerning Battery Chargers Steve Electronics 3 December 4th 03 01:04 AM
Newbie 24ft cruiser questions? whenindoubt General 12 October 4th 03 02:27 PM
Newbie Kayaker Needs Info Jerry General 1 September 25th 03 11:37 AM
Newbie Q - old Johnson 40 problem Booms General 6 September 20th 03 02:15 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:59 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 BoatBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Boats"

 

Copyright © 2017