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

[Shahrukh Merchant]

> 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".

An excellent idea. I already have a proposal (fully formed, too):

TANGO PROFESSIONALS' CODE OF ETHICS

CLAUSE 1. A tango professional shall not attempt to control, regulate, 
preach, moralize upon, or otherwise police the moral behaviour or 
alleged immoral misbehaviour of other tango professionals or members of 
the tango community in general, nor create organizations that purport to 
do the same.

CLAUSES 2-98. [Rendered unnecessary by Clause 1.]

CLAUSE 99. Reserved for future use (punishment for those who violate 
Clause 1).

CLAUSE 100. Dissolution of Organization.

See, that wasn't so hard (and it's even easier if you work backwards ...).

P.S. Sufficiently inappropriate behaviour is already controlled by laws. 
  If they don't always work as well as they should, a formalized gossip 
machine is hardly likely to improve matters.