[Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviors and protocols

[johnofbristol@tiscali.co.uk]

Ruben Malan disapproves of the pursuit of the opposite sex at milongas 
because teenagers might be present. Why does he think these teenagers 
go there at all? For exactly the same reason I went to the Southend 
Kursaal every Saturday night 50 years ago when I was a teenager: to 
meet members of the opposite sex. True, not everybody in a ballroom is 
looking for love. Some have already found it. But all couple dancing is 
a courtship ritual, whether you have been with your partner 30 seconds 
or 30 years.

John Ward
Bristol, UK