[Tango-L] dull and predictable

[Michael Figart II]

I've thought about this one.....there is only one possible event that
Derik could have been referring to with his statement about music
becoming dull and predictable when the milongueros walk in......

Robin Thomas was in town a couple months ago for a workshop, and at the
Saturday milonga he took over the music at about 10:30 (thank goodness).

If the music of Robin Thomas is either predictable or dull, so be it,
bring on some more dullness and predictability. Chris, I'm sure you
don't know Robin, but he is regarded by many as the very finest DJ in
the US (sorry Tine, haven't heard you yet, but can't wait!). 

And Chris, on the surface, you think you have a point, but the
implications of this statement (easily understood by all, even Derik!),
went far beyond the actual statement itself. So Tine threw in two words
(the mildest of all of them), that weren't as direct an insult as the
rest, so what? They were insulting, nonetheless.

And Tine, of course, you owe no apologies! Thanks for all your postings.

Ciao,

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: tango-l-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Chris, UK
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 6:45 AM
To: Tango-L at mit.edu
Cc: tl2 at chrisjj.com
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] "Inexperience tango teachers, stay away from
Derik,a consumer wh

Tine wrote:

> I am truly amazed that 1200 peple on this list let this idiot Derik
> call them ignorant, incompetent, dull, predictable, inexperienced, 
> same old, boring, BS. This is just the words from this email.

Tine, you should be ashamed of yourself. That's a wicked 
misrepresentation of Derik's email.

"The music the DJ plays suddenly becomes very predictable ... rather 
dull" is not calling anyone predictable or dull, let alone '1200 people 
on this list'. In fact his email contains not a single example of the 
name-calling you claim. 

I hope you have the good grace to apologise to Derik and this list as a 
whole.

Chris

-------- Original Message --------

*Subject:* Re: [Tango-L] "Inexperience tango teachers, stay away from
Derik, a consumer who knows BS when he hears it!
*From:* Yale Tango Club <yaletangoclub at yahoo.com>
*To:* tango-l at mit.edu
*Date:* Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:12:01 -0700 (PDT)

I am truly amazed that 1200 peple on this list let this idiot Derik call
them ignorant, incompetent, dull, predictable, inexperienced, same old,
boring, BS. This is just the words from this email. You let him do this
not just once, but over and over again. For years! Incredible.
Mind-boggling!
   
  That's another idiot from Texas that you let walk all over you. At
least the other one, you elected him, and you know he's not going to be
there forever.
   
  Don't any of you have any b*lls on you? (well a few of you do) What's
the matter with you? 
   
  You must all be confusing freedom of speech with the right to be
insulted. If people have nothing interesting to contribute, they should
not have privileged access to 1200 inboxes. Is this Derik's list, or
everybody's list.
   
  Tine