[Tango-L] Acrimoniousness

[Keith]

 Miles,

 You must have led a very sheltered life if you think the antics on this forum are acrimonious. Try telling a 6ft Irish foreman
 that he doesn't have enough cement in his concrete and you'll learn the meaning of acrimonious :-). And lets use the real word,
 shall we  - moderator is just a fancy name for censor. And that would be the worst possible thing for this list. Just take it easy 
 - it's only words.

 And, all the recent talk about beer reminded me of something I heard years ago, but can't remember where. It was along the
 lines of ... "Dancing Tango is like a feeling of wearing a tuxedo and drinking fine wine, whereas dancing Milonga is more a 
 feeling of wearing jeans and drinking beer with your buddies". Anybody know where that came from?

 Keith, HK


 On Wed Jul 18  7:45 , m i l e s  sent:

>All,
>
>I wonder if its that difficult for this group to actually have a  
>discussion that isn't acrimonious ?
>
>In my 15 years online in every forum I've either managed or been  
>party to there has always been a level of common human decency in  
>email communications.  And at the very least, the flame wars were  
>eventually taken offline and conversation resumed in a civilized and  
>humane manner.  This list is the exception to that rule.  This list  
>not only needs to be moderated or at the very least some level of  
>control and inhibition needs to be put in place, it further needs to  
>get a grip on how to treat one another.
>
>I have been party to and co-created that level acrimoniousness in the  
>last 6 months (giving as good as I've gotten, and I despised and  
>chided myself for doing just that!), but this stuff is just  
>heartbreaking and a pain to have to deal with on a regular basis.  I  
>can easily see why so many people leave.  I know of a half dozen  
>alone this week from the bay area.  You'd think we were all  
>squabbling children with the way that we speak to each other online.
>
>I can imagine this same conversations in an actual room, and I can  
>virtually guarantee that a.) they it'd never happen, and b.) there'd  
>be a level of civil discourse that resembled a tea party of the 18th  
>century, where politeness and civility were the norm, and nary a  
>harsh word was spoken or even whispered.
>
>Is that possible ?
>
>M i l e s.
>
>
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