[Tango-L] Derik vs El bandido re Argentina

[Sergio Vandekier]

El bandido said:  "Not to belabor the point: the population of Buenos Aires, 
discounting it's
suburbs, is around 2.75 million according to Wikipedia.  I doubt more than 
1% of
the population dance tango in the city."

Dear Bandido,  Derik (as per your own words) did not specify any percentage 
of population. He just said "Many". Many means just that: many, not most, 
not 1%, not everybody... just many which means "a large but indefinite 
number" .

When you disagree with Derik, you actually say that there are "few" 
Argentines that learn tango since childhood or that have a feeling for the 
music and the dance.

I have to say that this is a debatable point. To initiate such a discussion 
would mean to go back to many elements and prejudices of Argentine society 
in general .

Then you have to keep in mind that you are addressing a famous man, one 
among many, Derik, an innovator in tango choreography, the creator of the 
"fall on the woman" a step that has given many of us many magic tango 
moments.   The man is a genius and like many geniuses of the past he  is not 
totally understood by many.

His views have to do more with a subject that we discussed many times 
before: Authenticity vs. Imitation, than with real numbers or percentages.

Best regards, Sergio

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