You're right I shouldn't assume they were taught because if I assume they were taught the codigos then I would then have to make the assumption that they were idiotas for not adhering to them. Even in the Southern hemisphere children are taught respect by the parents but it's up to the children to decide for themselves to show that respect. Never try to teach a pig to sing....it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
In a message dated 10/7/2009 4:45:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Why do you assume they are taught? Sounds very Northern hemisphere-based. Even here does the "younger crowd" predominately does not have "teachers" for swing, hip-hop, cajun, zydeco, ... ?? You ignore the dynamics of social evolution (or perturbations in non-equilibrium systems) much like the L'Académie française attempts to codify the language to the extent of opposing protection for regional languages. Don [email protected] wrote: > I think the > younger crowd dancing nuevo is not being taught how to respect others on the > dance floor. I don't blame them I blame the teachers ... _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
