I have just ignored the inane conversations that occur with all too much frequency. THere is just one world, and this is all we have, so I try to make the best of it.
D Zarlenga, Ph.D. > > I would like to thank the members of Tango-L for an entertaining few > months reverifying what is commonly attributed to Henry Kissinger, > but is perhaps more properly referred to as “Sayre’s Law”: In any > dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the > value of the stakes at issue. > > Since 'there is only one [tango], and none other before [it]', the > acceptable range of discussion on this list would appear to be quite > limited, and not particularly useful were I interested in expanding > my knowledge of dance (note that I didn't say "tango") to include > any aspect of the world of fake tango. It is also quite clear that > tango, having been defined by a set of dancers in BaAs quite some > time ago, must remain culturally pure and uncontaminated by other > times, other places, other dances, and, more generally, by the hoi > polloi. > > It is also good to know that when the level of discourse drops to > serious name calling, it is conducted off-list (I hadn't realized > that I was a sh|thead until fairly recently, but I can go with that.) > > With hopes that I never have the misfortune to encounter the level > of intolerance shown on this list in my real life, > > This is D. David Thorn signing out. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
