--- Tom Stermitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People do all kinds of wierd, anxious, even self-destructive things when they don't trust their own competence. Really, if you are all that good, than you are going to succeed, even if "they" get in your way.
I've always thought that many of the issues that occur between tango groups regarding competition would disappear if those in charge were more familiar with anti-trust law. Partly because it takes the emotional side out of organizing. It is simply THE LAW. The same way sexual harassement or any other law applies. As Ron pointed out, most tango communities are either monopolies or oligopolies. And it is patently illegal to do anything to suppress competition. A monopoly may arise if a business succeeds in doing so by "superior thrift, industry, or foresight". Where I think organizers need to be particularly concerned are collusion, price-fixing, dividing up of geographical territories, or the like. Otherwise, they develop into a cartel, which is also illegal. With email, it's a lot easier to track paper trails. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel Although one may say "well, this is only tango so who would care?", why take that risk? Would you risk being charged with sexual harassment? Trini de Pittsburgh PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
