[Tango-L] tangoprofessionals.org: Sex, laws, and tango teachers

Fri Apr 20 20:45:11 EDT 2007

I need to send out my opinions on this email that was just sent out.

Brian and Deb, what has just been sent out is really bloody offensive.

If there are events that happen within a community that you allude to. In
sending an email like I am responding to here. Why you are taking advantage
and throwing gas on fire of a potential knee jerk reaction to prop up some
ideals of a "Code of ethics" (does this really "heal a trauma").

But also you are asking people to become involved by sending you;

"The effects of widely publicized inappropriate sexual behavior on the part
of their local tango teachers or other established members of their "tango
family".

It is also asked for people to send this information to you off line and
that;

"All individual communications will be held in strictest confidence". 

Also, what the hell is "geographical "untraceability" below the level of,
say, the USA or another country".

Is this some where under the quickly melting polar ice cap??

And lastly:

"If you have information to share, but don't want the information to be part
of such a study, we would still very much like to hear from you".

Which points to mean "We will still use the information but will change the
names and places because we want to".

I find this and the earlier email sent out about the same "ethics" subject
(on 4/18) remarkable and thoughtful in it's timing.

How dare you take a potential situation, use it primarily for your own gain
and wrapping it in an altruistic "Good of all". I am all for someone making
a living and a buck, but not at the expense of another's situation like you
are alluding to.

I have seen this same type of "Code of ethics" try to be developed in other
communities I have been in with very little success. Because it only gets
more complex and confusing with the intellectual minutia of "This is the way
things are suppose to be".

Brian and Deb, I would really love to hear what your interpretation of this
"Code of ethics" is suppose to be. In the approach and way you have written,
this works great if you are putting together a business, and is necessary.

But how else is this "Code of ethics" to manifest it's self.

If you are looking to publish statistical findings, I would like to find out
if you have a background in statistics. Statistical findings would be great
to clarify where problems might be.
But do not try to sell me on the idea of using these same statistics as a
reason to create a "Code of ethics" that is to be imposed in anyway shape or
form.

If you want "real-world" feed back.
Might I suggest a meditation that has served many well (in thought and the
world we live in). The next time you are driving around in a questionable
neighborhood. Think about this. The door on your car, made out of metal,
rubber, plastic and glass. Can help keep you from being attacked by a
potentially dangerous person, this is a very good thing.
If you think that think this same thin door of your car will keep you safe,
from Life showing up, and taking you through an experience.
Well, I am sure this will be a private conversation.
I also wonder what your own "Code of ethics" will be in that moment.

I teach Tango, as well as you both do, and this dance is too big for any one
person to know everything. We each have a voice in this dance and something
important to teach, pass on and help others with. Do not think for a moment
I would in an aware way, involve my self in an insulated vision of what you
have presented.

Now that I have said what I wanted to say about this subject.

I want to thank you both for sending word out about Daniel Diaz and Joseph
Paris playing at the Mercury Cafe in Denver tonight.
This is bloody good for any community in a situation you allude to, and
helps heal "A Trauma". Because the music they play really kicks a** and the
community gets to dance and share together.

David Hodgson/ Zorrito
TangoLabyrinth.com
(The Gnostics of Tango, with aplomb of Life through Dance)

-----Original Message-----
From: tango-l-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Brian Dunn
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:27 AM
To: TANGO-L
Subject: [Tango-L] tangoprofessionals.org: Sex, laws, and tango teachers

Dear List,

As part of preparing the launch of a new organization promoting an effective
professional Code of Ethics for tango professionals, we would very much like
to correspond with individuals whose tango communities suffered the effects
of widely publicized (even if only within the community) inappropriate
sexual behavior on the part of their local tango teachers or other
established members of their "tango family".  Please respond offline.  All
individual communications will be held in strictest confidence.  

We may eventually seek to publish statistical findings resulting from
aggregating the data anonymously (including geographical "untraceability"
below the level of, say, the USA or another country) may be eventually
published.  If you have information to share, but don't want the information
to be part of such a study, we would still very much like to hear from you.
Our main goal is to get "real-world" feedback about actual events and
various communities' attempts to heal from this kind of trauma.

Brian Dunn (& Deb Sclar)

Dance of the Heart

775 Pleasant Street

Boulder, CO 80302 USA

303-938-0716

www.danceoftheheart.com <http://www.danceoftheheart.com/> 

"Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time"

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