[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This seems like a semantical and intellectual argument that you are parsing > for the sake of having your say
No - for the sake of making sure that everybody understands. She is claiming 1. the codes force behaviour while also claiming (correctly) 2. they don't work everywhere. The codes are obviously valid in BsAs, as in Rome, you should do as the Romans an no one is disputing that. Not *everyone* seems to understand the second point, though, which was why I tried to clarify. The codes do not force behaviour outside of the narrow context in which they live. > because it doesn't really discredit what she is > saying. Quite. We're in violent agreement on most things. > The milongueros do respect these codes. In BsAs they do, and I wouldn't dream to want to change the codes over there, especially not as they're working (most of the time). On the other hand, in other countries, different codes to achieve the same aims (i.e. courtesy and a lack of unnecessary social friction) might be better. In this country, there is absolutely *zero* peer pressure for people to behave according to the original BsAs codes (cabeceos aren't understood and more forcible ways to invite followers pre-empt the cabeceo, when there are cortinas some people will continue to dance "tango" to cling to a follower they want to hog for a long time, etc. etc.). So we need other ones, as brainwashing people into simili-portenos doesn't seem to work wonders. And I don't lament that fact; I just resign myself to the fact that we aren't portenos and that the social context is different, instead of trying to pretend it isn't and that anyone can (or even should) single-handledly Argentinise everyone around. The better codes stick close to local social customs, the more chance there is for general acceptance, as few people will conform to codes that appear very alien to them. -- Alexis Cousein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect SGI/Silicon Graphics -- <If I have seen further, it is by standing on reference manuals> _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
