I would agree that it would be nice if all chose appropriate venues for their styles until they are into protest art or street theater, but that doesn't devalue the styles.
[email protected] wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
