Who disagrees with DIR and why?

[scubadog76]

If you think about it, there are hundreds of different certification agencies out there that each teach things their own way. There is PADI, NAUI, SSI, WASI, YMCA and so on. I have met plenty of divers and really had no idea what agency they were certified though (ignoring the gear configurations :) They were just divers! The problem comes in when people add a "pedestal" into their gear configuration. The biggest mistake anyone can make diving is to feel they carry a "silver bullet" with them. Also, to discedit someone for not learning the way they did screams of insecurity and definately hinders the cause they think they're promoting. My experience has been similar to tpscuba's in that it's usually just a small handful that does a whole lotta damage to the masses. (As Lonnie calls them, "the a** clowns"). To me it seems that the hardest promoters of DIR just don't seem to have that much fun diving and steer alot of people away. Keep in mind, I am only talking about a very limited few. I have met DIR divers that are great people as well. It's the Global Underwter Evangelists that cause their own limitations.