View Point- The Dive Buddy issue

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VIEW POINT     
        The best divers to me are the ones that are keeping it to themselves.  The divers who calmly put thier gear on and dive.  I tend to shy away from the talkers.  Those are the ones that think they are doing everything correct and anyone else is wrong.    And also quick to critisize others.  Besides the 10% of diving accidents from heart failure.  Divers with more than AOW cert have been the most likely to have that final STUPID bad accident.  Go figure. 
       I do enjoy seeing new divers experiancing the sport.  But I am not responsible for thier actions.  Thats for the instructors who lovingly cert'd. them..  Diving is a definate look out for yourself sport. 
       My view is that the Buddy System is a false sense of security for the new divers.  Neither new diver is efficient enough to help the other in a bad situation.  Unless if the one diver is experianced.  But then if the experianced diver has a problem then the new diver can't handle that situation.  And as of an end resault you now have 2 bad accidents.
        Dive charters force divers into dive buddies that they may not want or know.  This may infringe apon a divers rights.  Also the court system has in the past considered this as you being legally responsible for your dive buddy.  And besides the terror of losing a dive buddy.  I don't think years in court/expenses of trying to fight involuntary man slaughter charges would be fun either.  Thats a lot of weight to put on yourself for diving with someone you didn't want to dive with.  And remember there isn't no correct answer.  But the diver should have certain rights on issues that would affect the rest of thier life.
        My best dives are with my true and favorite dive buddies.  Sharing the experiance is part of it.   
                                          Lots of bubbles to ya !  Mike B.