Some people have said in the past that a person not adhering
to DIR is a stroke.

This is not entirely correct. A person can still use a DIR
configuration and still behave in a unresponsible manner.

I have made a profile of a "stroke". All items must be fulfilled
in order to call a person a "stroke". Calling someone a "stroke"
solely on basis of strokegear is not entirely correct, all items
of the profile should apply. So you might have someone who
actually never heard of DIR but still is a caring and responsible
person. He is just ignorant of the fact that he can improve on his
gear (and safety) dramatically by using the DIR approach.

Feel free to comment.

DIR always,

Xavier

http://www.ping.be/safe-diving/index.htm

How to recognize a "stroke"


He does not want to learn from any mistake at all

He tries to hide his faulty knowledge and missing skills

He hides behind "personal preference" and does not explain why

He denies his own mistakes and rather blames everybody else

He pretends never to have heard of rule number one

He does not feel responsible at all

He is a diving accident waiting to happen

He is a person to avoid on all accounts


Some other (older) pointers of interest regarding strokes:

http://www.media.demon.co.uk/karmadivers/stories/realmen.html

http://www.sfdj.com/spring/rule.html

http://www.wkpp.org/articles/Gear/newgeorge.html

http://x57.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=662423451