[Tango-L] Tango's Cutural Heritage

[David Chayes]

The only question is: does Tango have a definite, objective identity, or is
it's meaning subjective and infinitely maleable? The answer is: tango has an
identity, it is what it is, that stays constant, it can be discovered and is
independent of whether you WANT to discover it or not. (This is different
from the question whether things can be added to it--there is no reason, why
not, as long as these things don't destroy the core.)

It can be disheartening when you find something that you like a lot, like
Tango, and you are still discovering what it is, (what makes Tango what it
is), and you see that people are trying claim the word "Tango" for something
that changes core aspects of it.

Tango is what it is, and, just like a good friend, it never has to change,
as long as someone on earth re-discovers it for himself, like so many before
him. Just don't give up until you get to the bottom of it.

As with so many questions, this is really a philosophy question. If people
don't answer it philosophically, they will keep going around and around
arguing about it and wasting so much time. This is why philosophy is the
most practical of all sciences: it saves quadrillions of amounts of time.