milongas in Buenos Aires

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Clayton Beach quotes a guy named Alberto saying:

 Alberto says:
> >It is very obvious that you have not been to a real milonga, like ina
> >milonga in Buenos Aires, where those who bump (read don't know how
>todance)
> >get their ass kicked out of the room, along with those who refer to
> >dancers
> >as "leads" and think a milonga is a playground.  :-)


I wonder who  this Alberto is , and what does he think a "real milonga" is.
I never have seen , in this three years that I begun going to milongas, I
repeat, NEVER,
someone getting their ass kicked out of the room for being a bumper.

Local dancers have some attitude ,maybe a raise of the eyebrows or some
words, but
not a physical aggresion as mentioned by this "Alberto" .

The only incident I could recall is once at a milonga in the outskirts of
Buenos Aires ,around
30 km away from downtown , where a man  got drunk and get rude with the
ladies that he
take to dance. A friend of mine , asked the patron of the milonga to take
care of this situation,
and the patron take the man gently from the arm, talk to him in a corner ,
and convince to leave
the place , but there was no physical aggresion ,anyway.

Milongas are not   "real" only in Buenos Aires. Any place in the world,
where a group of people
would gathered to dance tango , is a milonga. Each tango community has their
"local flavour" ,and
there are excellent places to dance (fortunately) not only in Buenos Aires.

Also , the word "porteņo" is out of fashion . What port ?? Buenos Aires port
?? It is full of containers
and the river is almost invisible , little by little all the riverside has
been occupied by shoppings, office
buildings , international hotels . Only in front of local airport Jorge
Newbery there is a little of river to see.
Maybe if you walk to the southern part of the riverside (Costanera Sur)
you can have a look of the river .But even in that place, the Ecological
Reserve hides the river from you
(the Reserve is  an artificial island that was made with the mud that the
river left over a lot of debris thrown
 when the higways of the city were built ,many years ago . Over the mud,
vegetation , birds and  other
small animals have their haven)


Clayton,tango list  : do not take seriously what this "Alberto" says .

Warm regards
Alberto Gesualdi
Buenos Aires