Re: [TANGO-L] 'The Best Things Happen if You're Argentinean' + Obscurantism.

[Lucia <curvasreales@YAHOO.COM.AR>]

DANIEL IANNARELLI <daniel.iannarelli@btinternet.com> escribis:  Hey!!! I AM NOT a Scotsman!!!!!

     So-o-o-o-o, please PLEASE do not refer to me as Scottish . . . I'm NOT.

  Now that I know the truth about your origins, please forgive my snide  remarks about the English/Scots... I hope that you loved my comments  about Italians...




  ii.  "Seriously now:
I consider the Argentines to be the best Argentine
Tango dancers.
The Finnish, to be the best Finnish Tango   dancers.
The Viennese, to be the best Viennese Vals dancers.
The Irish, the Brazilian Samba, the list goes on..."

  This is all generalisation.   You cannot generalise.

  I regret that you failed to discern my narrow scope generalization. You  didn't believe that I meant that all the population of Finland, or of  Vienna dances, do you?

  Bottom line is that  'natural' dancers have the potential to be "the best"  dancers. The world is full of natural dancers. Being Argentinean,  Finnish, Viennese, Irish or Brazilian does not bestow a greater  propensity to be "the best" at their respective exports.

  You are wrong. Living in an environment that fosters a certain culture or endeavor, does.
  The best Argentine dancer will not learn to dance like the best of Vienna if he/she learns the Viennese Vals in Buenos Aires.
  To make myself even clearer, consider the term Center of Expertise.  London (oops!) Theater is one, Bolshoi Ballet another, the  Impressionists' Paris, the Secessionist Vienna another. Buenos Aires  Tango yet another. Should I go on?



  iii. "Sergio explained
in one of his messages, that the Argentines lacking
dancing skills
are discouraged to dance by their society"

  Then  why is it that (certainly when I started to learn tango in BsAs 9 years  ago) I did indeed find Argentine teachers who were crap -



  Shit happens, as they say. But you should take a more generalised view. Sergio is right.


  iv.  "Darwin"??? What's the theory of evolution got to do with this?  Evolution makes a significant impact only over many 100,000s of  years!

 Nature unaided, yes. Human evolution is quite  different. See how human society evolved in 2000 years, including  the  100 years of  tango evolution.


  v. "Whisky. . ." I can't stand the stuff! Fire-water!
  Then I assume you don't like Grappa neither.. A pity..


    All the best

  Dani


  Same to you,

  Lucia






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