I too have puzzled over this religious fervor.  If one looks for example at 
Lindy Hop, another 
street dance with no ruling body, it passed through the "style wars" (Savoy vs. 
Hollywood vs. West 
Coast Swing vs. ..) in a matter of several years.  Many of the dancers have 
preferences, and some 
of the Westies will say that the Lindy Hoppers are too bouncy and the Lindy 
Hoppers will say that 
the Westies dance like they have a pole up their b&tt. However, many of the 
best swing dancers can 
do it all and enjoy it all, and nearly all swing dancers are accepting of one 
another in a way that 
I don't see among some of the tango dancers, especially some of those on this 
list. 

I agree with Amaury that it says far more about the defenders of truth and 
justice than it does about the dance itself.


David
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